Overview
- Investigators are probing suspected offenses including endangering others, property damage, possession of incendiary materials, organizing an unauthorized demonstration, resisting identification, and violence.
- The Philharmonie de Paris reported three disruptions during Thursday’s performance, including two smoke flares, and filed a complaint describing the events as serious incidents.
- Handheld videos show a man igniting a Bengal flare in the audience before other attendees intervened, with scuffles breaking out in the hall.
- The four detainees were presented to an investigating judge on Sunday and were released under conditions, and the concert resumed after the disturbances.
- French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez condemned the action as unjustifiable as the IPO continues a European tour marked by protests, with attention turning to Tuesday’s Munich date featuring Igor Levit and recent calls from CGT-Spectacle targeting the Paris engagement.