A 26-year-old man was shot dead Thursday morning in Marseille, city of Rosiers, one of these working-class neighborhoods plagued by drug trafficking, most likely a victim of the turf war between traffickers, we learned from sources. policewomen.
According to the AFP count, this would be the 39th homicide of the year against a backdrop of drug trafficking, well beyond the 31 deaths by bullets “related to narcotics” recorded by the Bouches-du police headquarters. -Rhône for the whole of 2022.
Third death in this city in a month
According to police sources, the facts took place around 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning, on a “narcotics map” of the city of Rosiers, in the 14th arrondissement, an impoverished district in the north of the second city of France. The victim would be known for drug cases. From a source close to the investigation, the man was wearing a balaclava when he was targeted by the shots. He died on the spot despite the care provided by the firefighters. The investigation was handed over to the federal police.
The city of Rosiers was recently bereaved with the death of a 17-year-old teenager on August 26, near a neighborhood deal point, and that of a 34-year-old man shot dead on August 3, after being killed. to take refuge in a pharmacy. The two victims were known to the police and the justice system, in particular for drug trafficking. The teenager had already been the subject of an assassination attempt in March.