Revellers began leaving an illegal New Year rave in northwestern France in the early hours of this morning that drew around 2,500 people, led to clashes with police and sparked concerns it could spread the coronavirus.
Police had failed to stop the underground event, set up in two warehouses in Lieuron, south of Rennes in Brittany on Thursday.
Such mass gatherings are strictly prohibited across France to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and a nationwide 8pm local time curfew - which was not lifted for New Year - applies across the country.
The local prefecture said today that the music had been switched off after two nights and the first revellers began leaving the site before dawn. "There has been no intervention by security forces," it