This time it wasn’t in the northern districts but in the heart of Marseille. Targeted by several shots, a 20-year-old man was injured in the left thigh Friday evening in a busy square near the Old Port, during the France – Italy match rugby, we learned from a police source.
The victim was taken care of by the firefighters but his vital prognosis is not engaged, the same source said. The perpetrator of the shots fled. The young man, targeted by a 9 mm caliber pistol, is known to the courts for “several types of crimes”, unspecified.
Secure location quickly
The detonations, shortly after 10 p.m., caused a crowd movement on the Cours d’Estienne d’Orves, a popular place for Marseillais and tourists, in the heart of the city, where many people gather particularly in bars and adverts to follow sporting events on big screens.
The place was quickly secured by the CRS and municipal police officers mobilized in the city center on the evenings of Rugby World Cup matches.