Three gendarmes were injured while trying to disperse an illegal New Year’s Eve rave party in the French region of Brittany, on Friday, in which 2,000 people gathered despite strict curfew rules.
Three gendarmes were injured after being hit by projectiles, and a gendarmerie vehicle was set on fire as the officers tried to stop the party, BFMTV channel reported.
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The partygoers, who were "very determined" according to a police source quoted by BFMTV, had settled in unused hangars of a transport company in the suburb of Lieuron.
A video, shared on social media, shows hundreds of young people enjoying themselves without respect for lockdown measures.
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France has mobilized 100,000 policemen and gendarmes to break up New Year's Eve parties and enforce a night-time curfew.
Despite firm warnings from Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, stressing that clandestine parties would not be tolerated, several such events were reported.
France had imposed two lockdowns, affirming that bars, restaurants and cultural attractions will remain shut into the new year.
In his New Year's address, President Emmanuel Macron tried to address criticism of the slow pace of vaccination in France, vowing to avoid "unjustifiable delays."
France mulled imposing a third nationwide lockdown if coronavirus cases continue to keep rising, according to the health minister Oliver Veran, as the country braces for a possible post-Christmas spike.
“We will never exclude measures that are necessary to protect the public,” Veran told the Journal du Dimanche. “That is not to say we have made a decision, but that we are watching the situation hour by hour.”
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