Raping, drugging, and stabbings at French music festival Fete de la Musique–hundreds arrested


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Violence and assaults broke out at a major music festival in France:

Women Drugged, Raped, Stabbed As France’s Annual Music Night Turns Deadly

24 June 2026

Multiple stabbings, sexual assaults, and robberies turned France’s annual Fete de la Musique street festival into scenes of chaos and violence over the weekend, leading to the arrest of 243 people nationwide, according to a report by The Daily Mail.

More than two million people attended the free, open-air music festival in Paris, which attracts thousands of British and Irish tourists each year. However, The Daily Mail details that the event descended into widespread disorder, with witnesses describing the streets as resembling an apocalypse.

In Paris, the initial trouble broke out after 11:00 PM in the Chatelet area near Notre Dame Cathedral, where overcrowding allowed groups of young men to start fights and punch bystanders. Police later used tear gas to manage crowds in the St Germain de Pres district. A total of 148 arrests were made in the capital alone, where gangs smashed car windows, vandalised vehicles, and attempted to break into shops.

A major concern during the event was the targeting of women. Police received more than ten reports of women being injected with syringes containing unknown substances, a repeating trend from the previous year’s festival. A young woman was raped in a private residence in Paris after being injected, while a 15-year-old girl reported being raped in the suburb of Nogent-sur-Marne. In another suburb, Gagny, a 48-year-old man was arrested for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl.

Violence spread to other parts of France as well. …

While Paris officials had created cordoned-off safe spaces for women and disabled visitors following high levels of sexual violence in 2025, the protective measures did not stop the widespread disorder. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/world-music-day-fte-de-la-musique-women-stabbed-with-syringes-raped-11678905

Women stabbed with syringes, raped: France’s annual music fest turns nightmare

24 June 2026

The annual Fete de la Musique celebrations in France descended into chaos overnight, with reports of two women being raped, and several others allegedly stabbed with syringes, alongside widespread violence, mass arrests, and street disorder during one of the country’s largest public festivals. …

One of the most alarming allegations involved so-called needle spiking incidents, where women reportedly felt sudden pricks from syringes in crowded areas. Some victims were taken to hospital for medical evaluation, including one woman who reportedly lost consciousness after being pricked on Boulevard de la Madeleine and was rushed for emergency treatment. …

Separately, police and media reports indicated that sexual assault complaints were filed during the event, including allegations of rape. Some reports suggested that younger individuals were among those affected, though authorities have not publicly confirmed all details and investigations remain ongoing.

Violence was also reported in multiple districts, including stabbings and group clashes. In central Paris areas such as Chtelet, witnesses described chaotic scenes involving street fights, panic, and overcrowding as crowds surged through narrow streets. https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/fete-de-la-musique-france-rapes-syringe-attacks-243-arrests-2932923-2026-06-24

After learning of this, the following scriptures came to mind:

23 ‘Make a chain,
For the land is filled with crimes of blood,
And the city is full of violence. (Ezekiel 7:23)

What has been happening is terrible.

The Bible says:

1 Cry aloud, spare not;
Lift up your voice like a trumpet;
Tell My people their transgression,
And the house of Jacob their sins. (Isaiah 58:1)

God’s people should “sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it” (Ezekiel 9:4).

Over a decade ago, the Continuing Church of God put out the following video on our Bible News Prophecy YouTube channel:


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The Paris office of Charlie Hebdo were attacked in January 2015 and the City of Paris was hit with multiple terrorist attacks in November 2015.  Will Paris be destroyed?  Is more terrorism prophesied? Will a successful militaristic leader arise in Europe? What do biblical and Catholic prophecies teach?  Could any non-biblical prophecies be devices of Satan that will deceive people about what will happen?  Dr. Thiel answers these questions and more through scriptures and other writings.

Here is a link to our video: Terror: Will Paris be Destroyed?

Increasing rapes seem to be prophesied.

The Bible warns:

15 “But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

16 “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country.

30 “You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her;

43 The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. (Deuteronomy 28:15-16, 30, 43)

This has been happening in the UK, France, Canada, the USA and elsewhere.

Furthermore, because of moral corruption, terrorism was prophesied for these people as the following shows:

5 They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. … 25 The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within (Deuteronomy 32:5,25)

We are seeing terror within France as well as other places.

The Bible shows that immorality leads to violence and destruction:

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality…30…violent, proud, boasters,…31…unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:28-32)

Consider also the following prophecy for the last days:

1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, (2 Timothy 3:1-4).

These rapists are lovers of themselves, unholy, unloving, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, etc.

Regarding rape, we uploaded the following video on Sunday:

In Deuteronomy 32:25 God says “there shall be terror within”. What is terror? Terror has different meanings for different people. What if you’re an 11-year-old girl? An 11-year-old girl who is looking forward to playing with her schoolmates and friends for days on end. What would terror be to an 11-year-old girl? How about deception, brutality and rape? Over and over. Your dreams of playing with your friends for days on end are now shattered forever. Would that be a terror to you if you were an 11-year-old girl? That’s what’s happening to thousands of young, poor, forgotten girls across countries in the world every day. By whom you might ask? There are reports documenting these atrocities by migrants to European countries which come from the Muslim dominated nations in the Middle East and North Africa. But don’t worry, you say. The government will crack down on the evil doers and put an end to the madness. Really? Are you sure? Have you looked into it? Did France arrest a woman for telling the truth about migrant raping of women? Why is this happening? Does the Bible prophesy rape and increased brutality for the last days? Is that part of why there are all these horrific terrors coming on the world now? Does the Bible show that this will end during the millennial reign of Jesus in the coming Kingdom of God? For the answers, and the solution, watch this video as Dr. Thiel shines the light of Biblical truth on the “terrors within”, what the terrors are, who is committing the terrors, and what’s the cause.

Here is a link to our video: Rape: There Shall be Terror Within.

We are in perilous times as the Apostle Paul warned.

Some items of related interest may include:

Why Terrorism? Is Terrorism Prophesied? What does the Bible teach? Which nations may be affected? Here is a link to a related sermon: Terrorism, Christianity, and Islam. Here is a shorter video: Afghanis: Potential terrorists?

Crime can be stopped…here’s how! This was a booklet that was edited with some updates by Dr. Thiel. Here is a link to a related sermon: Crime and How it Will be Stopped!

The ‘Lost Tribe’ of Reuben: France in Prophecy? What is the origin of this in France? What is prophesied to happen to them? A two-part sermon related to history and prophecy is available online: The ‘Lost Tribe’ of Reuben and France and Prophecy.

When Will the Great Tribulation Begin? 2026, 2027, or 2028? Can the Great Tribulation begin today? What happens before the Great Tribulation in the “beginning of sorrows”? What happens in the Great Tribulation and the Day of the Lord? Is this the time of the Gentiles? When is the earliest that the Great Tribulation can begin? What is the Day of the Lord? Who are the 144,000? A short video is available titled: Countdown to the Great Tribulation.

The Gospel of the Kingdom of God This free online pdf booklet has answers many questions people have about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and explains why it is the solution to the issues the world is facing. It is available in numerous languages at ccog.org. Here are links to four kingdom-related sermons:  The Fantastic Gospel of the Kingdom of God!, The World’s False Gospel, The Gospel of the Kingdom: From the New and Old Testaments, and The Kingdom of God is the Solution.

Lost Tribes and Prophecies: What will happen to Australia, the British Isles, Canada, Europe, New Zealand and the United States of America? Where did those people come from? Can you totally rely on DNA? Do you really know what will happen to Europe and the English-speaking peoples? What about the peoples of Africa, Asia, South America, and the islands? This free online book provides scriptural, scientific, historical references, and commentary to address those matters. Here are links to related sermons: Lost tribes, the Bible, and DNA; Lost tribes, prophecies, and identifications; 11 Tribes, 144,000, and Multitudes; Israel, Jeremiah, Tea Tephi, and British Royalty; Gentile European Beast; Royal Succession, Samaria, and Prophecies; Asia, Islands, Latin America, Africa, and Armageddon;  When Will the End of the Age Come?Rise of the Prophesied King of the North; Christian Persecution from the Beast; WWIII and the Coming New World Order; and Woes, WWIV, and the Good News of the Kingdom of God.