what we know about the shooting which left five injured in Poitiers

A shooting broke out on the night of Thursday October 31 to Friday November 1 in front of a restaurant near Place Coimbra in Poitiers (Vienna) during which five people were seriously injured, announced Bruno Retailleau, who linked these shootings to drug trafficking. The incident took place in the Couronneries district, the Vienne prefecture said on X.

“Calm has been restored”learned Le Figaro from a police source. At least “twelve” Bullet holes were noted on the facade of the targeted establishment. Of the «armes» were found at the scene of the brawl that followed, continues the same source.

A minor between life and death

One of the injured, aged 15, is between life and death, according to a police source. He was shot in the head, the same source said, adding that two other teenagers, both aged 16, were among those seriously injured.

The other four individuals are in relative emergency, we learned Le Figaro from a police source. They were injured in the shoulder, head, ankle and foot.

Police reinforcements deployed this Friday

Police reinforcements will be deployed “from today”specified the prefecture, still on his X account.

“A new episode of unacceptable violence”, castigates the mayor of Poitiers

In a press release published on her X account, the environmentalist mayor of Poitiers Léonore Moncond’huy denounced a “new episode of unacceptable violence for the neighborhood and for the city”. “The youth of the victims and those involved is particularly striking and worrying. I wish a speedy recovery to the injured”adds the councilor, who appeals “the responsibility of everyone to maintain peace in the city”.

“The city calls for the investigation to clarify the precise circumstances of the event as quickly as possible and to allow the identification and arrest of the perpetrators”she concludes.

“Narcocrackers no longer have limits”

The Minister of the Interior added on BFMTV/RMC that more than 100 people had witnessed or participated in this shooting. “It ended with a fight between rival gangs. The prefect speaks to me of 400 to 600 people” equipped with “all kinds of weapons”he clarified. Le Figaro is not able to confirm this figure communicated by Bruno Retailleau.

Questioned subsequently by our colleagues from BFMTV, the prefect of Vienne Jean-Marie Girier specified that there had been “several hundred people around” of the location where the incident took place. “Not everyone participated in this brawl. But many were present”he added.

“Mexicanization” of the country

“The drug scum no longer has any limitshe castigated. These are traffickers who use the most ferocious means to settle scores and satisfy their desire for profit. Quite simply, it’s not happening in South America, but in Rennes and Poitiers. We are at a tipping point. We have the choice between general mobilization and the “Mexicanization” of the country.”