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This Saturday 15 year old boy died after spending a couple of days in critical condition after being shot in the head during a drug-trafficking mass brawl in the French city of Poitiers.

According to the French prosecutor’s office, the minor has been hospitalized since the night of October 31, when the events took place in the area of ​​Coimbra Square, which is a common location Drug market in Poitiers.

The lives of four more teenagers aged 15 to 16 years, who were also seriously injured, are not in danger, the public channel clarified. France Blue.

The man responsible for the death of the deceased is being sought. He dealt drugs in the area.

Interior Minister Bruno Retailo explained that dozens of people were involved in the shooting; According to the first reports, from 400 to 600 people took part in them.

In statements to the press, Retailo assured that France is experiencing a moment of upheaval in the drug trade, and pointed to what he called as the “Mexicanization” of societyfor which he promised more resources to fight drugs and also called for holding consumers accountable.

“This is not in South America, This is not in Mexicothis is not in Bolivia. “It’s in Rennes, it’s in Poitiers, it’s in Marseille, it’s in France,” he told the media during a visit to Rennes, where a 5-year-old boy was killed a week ago in another drug-trafficking incident.

EFE