Boy, 15, shot dead in France as prosecutors blame drug war

As people gathered around the police cordon, the mother of one of the victims could be heard crying in despair from her car. It's an area where high-rise apartment blocks sit along the banks of the Erdre river."The boys were on their way to their grandmother's house," explains Stella, 35. "I was home when it happened. A police officer called me to bring my son back and tell me my nephew was injured"."I feel like I'm in a nightmare and I'm angry because I almost lost my son."Angeline, 18, described hearing two bursts of around 10 gunshots, before seeing several people "hooded and dressed in black" running through the grass.Getty ImagesLocal Mayor Johanna Rolland has called for police to deploy all their resources to find the attackersThe city's Mayor, Johanna Rolland, has condemned what she calls the "drug trafficking that is plaguing the country", and emphasised the distress and intense emotion" this community was already going through after another fatal shooting at the end of last month.On that occasion, a man was killed and another seriously wounded in the same area in a shooting also linked to drug trafficking. The gunman used a pistol before escaping.