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<\/a>Machine-gun shots have been heard on the streets of a French city this evening as it was claimed a ‘shootout’ took place between rival gangs.<\/span><\/p>\nRepeated ‘heavy gunfire’ bursts were let off in the city of Nimes in\u00a0southern France<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0after armed men were seen in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n Social media videos showed several people running through the street as shots rang out at around 8.30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n Initial reports suggested the shooting could have been linked to gangs operating in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n Residents in a suburb of Pissevin district in the city claimed gang members shot at a building occupied by a rival group.<\/span><\/p>\n The ‘shootout’ was designed to ‘intimidate’ the other gang as part of a long-running feud, according to local media reports.<\/span><\/p>\n It was claimed one or two people were seen roaming the streets armed with Kalashnikov machine guns.<\/span><\/p>\n In one video posted online, figures could be running from the notorious block of apartments in the district.<\/span><\/p>\n Armed police have been deployed to the area along with scientific forensic teams, local media report.<\/span><\/p>\n One witness told how his wife was caught up in the shooting as she was in the street nearby when repeated bursts of ’30 and 40 seconds’ went off.<\/span><\/p>\n