During the night from Sunday to Monday, a young man was shot and killed in the city of Clos de la Rose, in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille, said two sources confirming information from BFM TV Marseille. According to the local channel, the victim, believed to be 17 years old, was not known to the police for drug trafficking.
An investigation was opened by the Marseille prosecutor’s office and was entrusted to the judicial police. It will make it possible to determine the exact circumstances of this homicide; a possible link with a conflict linked to drug trafficking has not been determined at this stage, according to the same source. The investigation must also make it possible to identify the perpetrator(s) of the facts, currently on the run and actively sought.
Marseille experienced a bloody year in 2023 with 49 homicides linked to the war for control of drug sales outlets.