Partygoers from France and other countries had converged on hangar in Lieuron, BrittanyPolice in France break up new year rave during Covid curfewA judicial investigation has been opened to identify and prosecute organisers of an underground party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France despite the country’s coronavirus curfew, the interior minister has said. Gérald Darmanin tweeted that actions by police around the site at Lieuron in Brittany “led to the end of the illegal party without violence” on Saturday morning, 36 hours after it had begun. He said more than 1,200 people had been fined for not respecting the curfew, not wearing a mask and taking part in an illegal gathering. Ravers from France and abroad converged on a hangar in Lieuron on Thursday night to party into the new year. The party took place despite France’s nationwide night-time curfew aimed at dissuading people from gathering during the pandemic.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2021 11:28 UTC