The investigation continues after the death in mid-August of little Fayed, 10 years old, a collateral victim of drug trafficking in Nîmes. Nine men were indicted in this case, the Marseille prosecutor announced this Saturday.
These are eight adults, aged 18 to 30 with an average age of 21, who were placed in pre-trial detention. And a 17-year-old teenager, who is under judicial supervision, said Nicolas Bessone during a press conference. He specifies that the people arrested were from Nîmes, Marseille and Paris. “Young Fayed and his family had nothing to do with drug trafficking and are obviously collateral victims, perhaps a mistargeting due to the make of the car in which they were traveling. found,” explained the prosecutor.
For control of deal points
The boy was killed on August 21, late in the evening, in Pissevin, one of the city’s neighborhoods plagued by drug trafficking, after his uncle’s car was caught between gunfire from gangs warring for control. deal points.
The investigation seems to be heading towards the Marseille track, since it appears that the deal point of the Pissevin city “finds itself the subject of attacks from the (Nîmes) city of Mas de Mingue. And we feel behind that the city of Mas de Mingue would have connections and support from the DZ Mafia”, one of the main Marseille clans, detailed Nicolas Bessone.
Two days after Fayed’s death, an 18-year-old young man was killed at a deal point in Nîmes. The two investigations were linked, the prosecution also specified, suggesting that this second victim was perhaps the initial target on the evening of Fayed’s death.