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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Watling

Teenager shot in the head sparking mass brawl involving hundreds in western France

France’s minister of the interior Bruno Retailleau speaks with the media on 31 October - (AFP via Getty)

A 15-year-old boy has been left in critical condition after being shot in the head during a drive-by attack allegedly linked to drug trafficking in western France, local officials and media have reported, with hundreds of people caught in a subsequent late-night brawl.

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.

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