Sounds like one of them mêlées.
From Politico.eu, November 1:
“Between 400 and 600 people” were involved in the fighting, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau told French media.
Hundreds were involved in a shootout and brawl over drug trafficking
that seriously injured five in the French city of Poitiers, Interior
Minister Bruno Retailleau said Friday.
What began as a shooting outside a restaurant on Thursday night
descended into a massive fight between rival gangs involving “between
400 and 600 people,” Retailleau told BFMTV/RMC radio,
though BFM said it hadn’t yet been able to confirm the figures. The
outlet reported that among those hurt was a 15-year-old who sustained
serious wounds to the head.
Mayor Léonore Moncond’huy said that the incident was “unacceptable” in a statement on X. She added that the “youth of those involved” was “particularly worrying.”....
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There have been a few mêlées in Poitiers over the years, must be something in the water.
