Firefighters and medical teams were rushed to the scene to treat the victims, while police set up a security perimeter until the bees stopped their attack.

Twenty-four people were injured from the bee attack. Three people were hospitalized. The bees may have become aggressive due to Asian hornets threatening the hive, Pierre Mathonier, the city’s mayor, suggested. Over a dozen people were injured after an unusual bee attack in France over the weekend.

Three people were hospitalized and 21 injured after being attacked by a swarm of bees in the French town of Aurillac on Sunday morning, according to authorities.