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Rave-party in Lozère: between 5,000 and 7,000 people on site Monday morning

2020-08-10T07:25:22.194Z


The event, prohibited and illegal, has been organized since Saturday evening on agricultural land in the Cévennes National Park.


Between 5,000 and 7,000 people still remained Monday morning August 10 on agricultural land in the Cévennes National Park where they gathered on Saturday evening for a rave party despite the limitation of gatherings linked to Covid-19, said the prefecture of Lozere.

" Two squadrons of the mobile gendarmerie, i.e. 120 men, as well as 50 departmental gendarmes take turns on site to monitor the site and prevent vehicles from leaving for health issues, linked to the risk of the spread of Covid-19, and also to road safety, ”the prefecture told AFP. “A lot of people are not fit to drive, ” she added.

The gendarmes proceeded to verbalizations for alcohol level and use of narcotic products. In addition, the gathering is located on a limestone plateau, the Causse Méjean, crossed by gorges, recalled the prefecture.

Saturday evening around midnight, several hundred vehicles had invaded this agricultural land in the town of Hures-la-Parade to set up a giant rave-party.

According to farmers, town hall and gendarmes interviewed by AFP on Sunday morning, more than 10,000 people were present for this prohibited and illegal event, while demonstrations of more than 5,000 people are still prohibited in France because of the epidemic of Covid-19.

" The Lozériens were very serious with the Covid, they respected the barrier gestures and this massive arrival of people who respect nothing deeply shocked them ", had underlined Sunday evening the prefect Valérie Hatsch.

From 8 am Sunday, the gendarmes had barred the access to prevent other ravers from joining the party. Very young children are there, the prefect said, referring to the deployment of an advanced medical post and the presence of the Red Cross. The authorities also distributed masks and hydroalcoholic gel to the ravers.

Source: lefigaro

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