Mass shooting! The authorities made an urgent announcement, a warning was issued VIDEO

The shooting broke out overnight outside a restaurant in Poitiers, Bruno Retailleau told BFMTV/RMC radio on Friday.

"What started as a shooting in a restaurant ended in a fight between rival gangs involving several hundred people," he said.

"The 15-year-old boy is in a very serious condition," he said.

The minister warned that France was at a "tipping point" when it came to drug-trafficking violence, saying later in the day he planned to travel to Rennes, where another five-year-old child was hospitalized after being shot in another clash on Saturday drug gangs.