Revellers clash with police in France after 2,500 gather for illegal New Year’s Eve rave

Some 2,500 partygoers attended an illegal New Year rave in northwestern France, violently clashing with police who failed to stop it and sparking concern the underground event could spread the coronavirus, authorities said on Friday.The revellers had set up the illegal rave in Lieuron south of Rennes in Brittany after skirmishes with police, said a statement from the local prefecture. Many were still on the site on Friday as a sanitary cordon was thrown up around it.Local gendarmes tried to …

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