Giant 36-hour long rave in France brought to an end after two nights

2,500 people attended the rave in Lieuron, Brittany.

Those in attendance were fined and instructed to isolate. Picture: Techno+ via AP

A judicial investigation has been opened to identify and prosecute the organisers of an underground party that drew at least 2,500 people in western France despite a curfew amid the coronavirus pandemic.

French interior minister Gerald 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, some 36 hours after it began.