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On August 21, Fayed, aged 10, died in the Pissevin district of Nîmes in August after being shot while in his uncle’s car.
Published on 11/14/2023 5:05 p.m.
Reading time: 1 min Police officers patrol the Pissevin district of Nîmes where young Fayed died in August in a shooting, October 11, 2023. (SYLVAIN THOMAS / AFP)
Nine people were arrested as part of the investigation opened after the death of Fayed, in Nîmes, franceinfo learned on Tuesday, November 14 from a source close to the case. The 10-year-old boy was shot and killed at the end of August, a collateral victim of drug trafficking.
Still from a source close to the case, these arrests took place between Monday and Tuesday in the Nîmes region and in the Marseille region. The investigators managed to identify the suspects thanks in particular to the prints discovered on the shell casings found on the ground in August after the shootings, thus confirming news from the newspaper The Parisian. On Monday, the Marseille prosecutor’s office announced via a press release that “arrests” had taken place in this case, without specifying the number.
Note that among the nine individuals currently in police custody, two suspects were taken from prison to be able to be heard in this case. On August 21, Fayed died in Nîmes after being shot while in the car of his uncle, who was himself injured. The events took place in the Pissevin district, in the southwest of the city, around 11 p.m. The uncle, who lives in the neighborhood, was driving home with his two nephews when the shooting broke out. The second nephew escaped unhurt.
Investigators are therefore also seeking to determine whether among these nine suspects are the perpetrators of the shots responsible for the death of the little boy. In August, according to witnesses interviewed at the time of the events, four shooters were counted. They fled in a stolen vehicle, found nearby a short time later.
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