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Five injured in shooting in France

Paris, Nov. 1 (UNI) At least five people were injured in a shooting on Thursday night in Poitiers, west-central France, leading to a gang brawl involving several hundred people, the French news channel BFMTV reported on Friday.
According to BFMTV, it was around 10:45 p.m. local time (2145 GMT) when individuals in a car fired gunshots at a square in Poitiers.
Police discovered five people injured by gunfire. Among them, a 15-year-old teenager was in serious condition with wounds in the head, BFMTV reported, adding that two other teenagers were shot in the shoulder and ankle.
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