A shooting “against a backdrop of drug trafficking” according to the Minister of the Interior broke out Thursday evening in Poitiers in Vienne.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the shots broke out at a restaurant before turning into a brawl involving between “400 and 600 people”.
Five people were injured, several seriously.
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SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE INVOLVED
This Friday morning, the Minister of the Interior indicated that between “400 and 600 people” were involved in the brawls that occurred after the shooting. Mid-morning, a source close to Bruno Retailleau specified that there had been several sequences on Thursday evening. “Several hundred at the beginning, then when the prefect arrived, there were 80 to 100 people left. A punitive expedition with 50 or 60 people followed,” she says.
“A NEW EPISODE OF UNACCEPTABLE VIOLENCE” DENOUNCES THE MAYOR OF POITIERS
This Friday morning, on the social network X, Léonore Moncond'huy, mayor of Poitiers, denounced “a new episode of unacceptable violence”. “The youth of those involved is particularly worrying. I call for everyone’s responsibility to maintain peace in the city, and welcome the reinforced presence of security forces,” she added.
A DOZEN CASINGS FOUND
According to our information, around ten 22 caliber shell casings were found at the scene of the shooting.
THE VICTIMS ARE MINORS OF 15 AND 16 YEARS OF AGE
Alerted to the gunshots Thursday evening, the police arrived at the restaurant on Place de la Coimbra, whose customers were targeted around 10:45 p.m.
On site, they discovered three victims injured by firearms. These were taken care of by the firefighters. One of them aged 15, shot in the head, was between life and death on Thursday evening.
A second victim, aged 16, was hit in the shoulder and a third, aged 15, in the ankle.
Two other individuals, aged 16, also injured by firearms presented themselves at the hospital shortly after. One of the young men had a wound on the head, the bullet grazed his head. The second was injured in the foot.
PEOPLE TARGETED ON THE TERRACE OF A RESTAURANT
According to the prefect of Vienne, around 10:45 p.m., several individuals approached the restaurant “L'Otentik”, a fast food establishment serving, among other things, burgers and pizzas located at 8 Place de Coimbra, in Poitiers.
One of them, armed, fired towards the outdoor terrace of this restaurant and hit five male people, including a minor. Several were seriously injured.
Brawls followed after the shooting, between groups of individuals, some accusing others of being linked to the perpetrators. Several hundred people are involved: between “400 and 600” the Minister of the Interior mentioned this Friday.
The police had to use force with tear gas canisters to separate the groups
A SHOOTING “LINKED” TO DRUG TRAFFICKING
IN THE CROWN DISTRICT
The shooting broke out on Thursday around 10:45 p.m. in the Couronneries district of Poitiers, a political district of the city marked by delinquency and drug trafficking and where 20,000 residents live. “Tensions between groups broke out requiring the intervention of the police and the gendarmerie. The Prefect went there. Police reinforcements will be deployed today. the Vienne prefecture announced during the night from Thursday to Friday.
A FIGHT INVOLVING 400 TO 600 PEOPLE
A shooting broke out Thursday evening in Poitiers in Vienne. According to the first elements of the investigation, the shots broke out at a restaurant before turning into a brawl involving between “400 and 600 people”. Five people were injured, several seriously.
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Extremely violent events that occurred Thursday evening in Poitiers. “A shooting at Couronneries, in Poitiers, left five injured yesterday evening. Tensions between groups broke out requiring the intervention of the police and the gendarmerie. The prefect went to the site. Police reinforcements will be deployed as soon as Today” posted on X the Vienne prefecture in the middle of the night.
Five injured, several of them “very serious”
According to a police source contacted by the TF1/LCI police-justice service this Thursday, five people were injured and one of them, a 15-year-old minor who was shot in the head, is between life and death. and death.
“There are currently five injured, several of whom are seriously and even very seriously injured” confirmed Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on BFM this Friday morning.
According to the information given by the boss of Place Beauvau, the shooting began “on a restaurant” et “ended with a brawl between rival gangs which involved several hundred people.” “I am told of several hundred people. The prefect, in a report, speaks of 400 to 600 people” announced the minister.
Police reinforcements expected on site
According to the Minister of the Interior, this shooting is “related” to drug trafficking.
Contacted by TF1info this Friday at dawn, neither the Poitiers public prosecutor's office nor the Vienne prefecture had responded, at 9 a.m., to our requests.
Police reinforcements are expected on site.
