The Marseille interregional specialized court, competent in particular in matters of organized crime, has taken up investigations into the assassinations committed on June 7 and 18 in Ajaccio, in particular to study possible rapprochements, AFP learned from the prosecutor Ajaccio.
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"I took over for the benefit of JIRS Marseille for yesterday's business and I took over the business of 15 days ago to allow possible rapprochements," Carine told AFP Greff. Thursday around 12:30 p.m., a 28-year-old man, convicted in the past on several occasions for acts of aggravated theft, extortion and aggravated violence, was shot to death by one or two shooters while he was seated at a table. Ajaccio downtown snack bar. The shooter (s) then fled.
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At around 10:00 p.m. on June 7, a helmeted gunman shot and killed a man and injured a second in a brewery on the outskirts of Ajaccio before fleeing on two wheels. Investigations into the assassination had been entrusted in both cases to the judicial police. As of Thursday, the Ajaccio prosecutor had indicated to AFP that investigators and magistrates wondered about a possible link between these two murders.
