It was around 1.30 a.m., after the crowds had thinned from the streets of Bordeaux, when Manon felt the prick of a hypodermic needle going into her arm.

Nearly 150 people were jabbed with syringes during a street music festival in France, the country’s interior ministry said, adding that authorities had arrested at least 12 suspects

Fête de la Musique descended into alarm as 145 festivalgoers reported syringe attacks across the country. Police have detained 12 suspects amid growing fears over public safety and possible use of date-rape drugs.