A group of masked gunmen opened fire at crowds of teenagers and police in the French city of Marseille on Monday.
Police officials said hooded men in three cars shot with Kalashnikovs rifles outside the city’s cultural centre and tried to corner officers who responded to the sound of gunfire, at around 5pm.
Christophe Reynaud of the Marseille police said one resident was hit in the head with a butt of a gun during the incident at the La Busserine.
Mr Reynaud ruled out terrorism as a motive and said the shooting was ‘probably drug-related’. During a shootout, the police only managed to hit a car window and the group drove away and has not been arrested.
The injured person has since been taken to a local hospital.
According to France Bleu, one of the cars, a Renault Megane, was used to block a police vehicle responding to the shooting.
Three to four attackers are believed to be involved.
Investigator have found 9mm and 7.62 shells at the scene, which correspond to Kalashnikov bullets.
This is the second shooting in Merseille in the past weeks.
Last month, a man was seriously injured outside a restaurant in the city.
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