Five people seriously wounded in shootout linked to drug trafficking in France

Hundreds of people were involved in the drug-related violence in the western French city of Poitiers, with teenagers among those injured.

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00:00Five people, including teenagers, were seriously injured in a shootout after drug-related violence

00:07which involved 50 to 60 people, broke out in Place Coimbra in the western French city

00:12of Poitiers.

00:14What we then know is that there was this shootout, which involved a certain number of people,

00:20but much less than what some media can let hear.

00:23Place Coimbra was a public place, so there were people on the terrace, there were people

00:27celebrating Halloween with the neighborhood house right next door.

00:29We were in a neighborhood that was nice.

00:31At first it was good.

00:33I saw the mall being built.

00:35Everything was fine.

00:36And then we were fine.

00:38The children, everyone was fine.

00:41There has been a rising concern in drug-related violence in France, particularly in cities

00:48outside of main hubs like Marseille and Paris.

00:51The city's mayor said the new episode of violence is unacceptable for the neighborhood

00:55and has promised police reinforcement.