Drug trafficking claims a new victim in Marseille. A young woman was seriously injured on the evening of Sunday September 10, hit in her home by Kalashnikov shots targeting a drug trafficking point at the foot of her building in the southeastern neighborhoods of Marseille, AFP learned from police sources. . According to the Marseille prosecutor’s office, she is in a state of brain death. Earlier this Monday, Provence And BFM TV Marseille Provence claimed that the victim would have been transported to the emergency room with a vital prognosis.
Around 11:30 p.m. Sunday evening, two people on scooters fired in bursts at the deal point of this building in the Saint-Thys district, classified as a priority district, in the 10th arrondissement before fleeing, according to the local TV channel. The 24-year-old victim, who was on the first floor at home, suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalized with a life-threatening condition. More than 20 Kalashnikov shell casings were found on site. According to regional media“the high caliber bullet would have passed through a wall”.
A second person was also injured, beaten with rifle butts by three men, at Château Saint-Loup, a few meters away, indicates BFM TV Marseille Provence.
An investigation was opened and entrusted to the judicial police. Public Prosecutor Dominique Laurens will hold a press conference this Monday, September 11, at 3 p.m. Since January, in just over eight months, around forty people have been killed in violence linked to drug trafficking in France’s second city. Among them are a priori at least two collateral victims. In 2022, 37 people were killed in this context, 39 in 2021.