A man in his twenties was shot dead in the city center of Marseille during the night from Sunday to Monday, we learned from police sources and firefighters, after initial information from “BFM Marseille Provence”.
Shortly before one o’clock this Monday, firefighters from France’s second city intervened near the Quai de la Joliette (2nd arrondissement), north of the Old Port. On their arrival, they could only note the death of the victim, killed by around ten small and large caliber bullets, notably of the Kalashnikov type.
The judicial police were contacted
According to the first elements of the investigation, four men in a car fled after the incident and their car was found on fire in the 4th arrondissement, according to a police source.
If the identity of the victim is not known, nor his possible criminal record, the process closely resembles those used during “narchomicides”. Around fifty people were killed in 2023 in Marseille in the war between rival gangs – first and foremost the “Yoda” and “DZ Mafia” clans – for the control of drug trafficking in the Marseille city.
Since November, the pace of these assassinations has slowed considerably and, if the link with drug trafficking was proven in this case, it would be the second “narchomicide” since the beginning of the year, compared to fourteen last year. in the same era.