A drug trafficking-related shooting in the western French city of Poitiers escalated into a brawl on Thursday night involving up to 600 people, French authorities say, the BBC reports.
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.
Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau described the incident as an alarming sign of drug-related violence escalating in the country.
It follows a shooting in the north-western city of Rennes last week which killed a five-year-old boy.
