New drama in Marseille. A 25-year-old man was shot dead this Sunday evening in a city in the southern districts of Marseille. “The facts took place around 10:30 p.m. in the city of Cayolle,” two police sources told AFP, confirming information from the daily. Provence. “Several shots were fired and a dozen cases (of bullets) were found,” said one of them.
Settling scores
According to information from the local daily, it could be a new settling of scores. “The man was known to the police and the courts for acts related to drug trafficking,” added a source. But the context of this drama is not known. However, the caliber spotted on the spot does not correspond to a weapon of war, reports the daily.
During the night, the authorities deployed very significant resources: a helicopter, a drone, several CRS trucks… The judicial police were seized of the investigation.
Several men have been shot dead in recent days in France’s second city, some neighborhoods of which are in the grip of struggles for control of drug trafficking. Since the beginning of the year, more than thirty people have lost their lives against a background of conflicts around this lucrative traffic. This summer, Marseille is experiencing a series of dramatic settling of accounts. Latest event: a 21-year-old man was shot dead by a burst of Kalashnikovs overnight from Friday to Saturday in front of a nightclub in the east of Marseille.
2023-08-14 18:03:02
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