An enormous shootout linked to drug trafficking has critically wounded a teen and 4 others in western France, the inside minister, Bruno Retailleau, mentioned, within the newest such gunfight to injure youngsters.
The shootout erupted in a single day in entrance of a restaurant in Poitiers, Retailleau informed BFMTV/RMC radio on Friday. “What began as a taking pictures at a restaurant ended up in a battle between rival gangs that concerned a number of hundred folks,” he mentioned.
The 15-year-old boy was between life and demise, he mentioned.
The minister warned that France was at a “tipping level” when it got here to drug trafficking violence, saying he was planning to journey later within the day to Rennes, the place a five-year-old baby was additionally critically in poor health after being shot on Saturday in one other drug trafficking hearth alternate.
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