{"id":120955,"date":"2024-11-01T20:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T13:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120955"},"modified":"2024-11-01T20:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T13:43:02","slug":"shooting-injures-five-and-sparks-mass-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120955","title":{"rendered":"Shooting injures five and sparks mass brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A drug trafficking-related shooting in the western French city of Poitiers escalated into a brawl on Thursday night, potentially involving up to 600 people, French authorities say. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Five people were seriously injured in a drive-by shooting at a restaurant in the city, including a 15-year-old boy who was left in critical condition after being shot in the head, police sources told the AFP news agency.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau described the incident as an alarming sign of drug-related violence escalating in the country.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It follows a shooting in the north-western city of Rennes last week which killed a five-year-old boy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;These shootings are not happening in South America, they are happening in Rennes, in Poitiers, in this part of western France once known for its tranquility,&#8221; Retailleau told broadcaster BFMTV.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;We are at a tipping point and the choice we have today is a choice between general mobilisation or the Mexicanisation of the country,&#8221; he said, alluding to Mexico&#8217;s widespread issues with street crime and violence perpetrated by drug cartels.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The mayor of Poitiers called it &#8220;a new episode of violence unacceptable for the neighbourhood&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Shots were fired from a passing car, injuring several young people, police sources said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two 16-year-olds were treated for minor wounds.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Pictures from the scene in Place Coimbra, an area of the city known for drug-related crimes, showed the restaurant&#8217;s facade riddled with bullet holes.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The shooting then triggered fighting between rival gang groups in the area, according to police.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Tensions between groups broke out, requiring the intervention of the police and the gendarmerie,&#8221; Vienne regional police said in a statement.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Retailleau said &#8220;400 to 600&#8221; people were at the scene, though it is not clear how many of those were directly involved.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was scheduled to visit Rennes, the capital of Brittany, on Friday following the shooting on 26 October, in which a five-year-old boy sitting in a car was shot in the head. Authorities confirmed the shooting was also drug-related. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The drug trade in France has long been viewed as centred in the southern port city of Marseille, where <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4glwdx3p22o\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">at least 17 drug-related killings<!-- --><\/a> have been reported since the start of the year.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">But researchers say the influence of drug trafficking in France in recent years has <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalinitiative.net\/analysis\/france-in-the-crossfire\/\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">spread beyond the main hubs of Marseille and Paris<!-- --><\/a> to medium-sized towns and even rural areas.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c62lk7de9elo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A drug trafficking-related shooting in the western French city of Poitiers escalated into a brawl on Thursday night, potentially involving up to 600 people, French authorities say. 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