The teenager was reportedly among five people injured in the attack in the city of Poitiers, two more of whom were also teenagers, French media claimed.
Interior minister Bruno Retailleau told BFMTV/RMC radio yesterday that the shooting began at 10.45pm local time on Thursday in front of a restaurant before rapidly escalating into a mass fight. “What started as a shooting at a restaurant ended up in a fight between rival gangs that involved several hundred people,” Mr Retailleau said.
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