An investigation was opened after the murder of a young man in a city in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) on Sunday evening, January 3 and four people were taken into custody, said the Bobigny prosecutor's office.
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Four individuals were taken into custody for murder in an organized gang
," the prosecution told AFP, confirming information from
Point
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The facts took place around 10 p.m. on Sunday in the city of Emile Cordon, known for harboring significant drug trafficking.
The victim, in his twenties, died after being stabbed and beaten with a baseball bat, according to a police source.
The hypothesis of a settling of accounts against a background of drug trafficking is favored at this stage, she added.
The city is regularly the scene of similar events.
Shots had been fired at individuals gathered in another point of deal last October, and two young people had been killed a few weeks earlier in the district of Vieux-Saint-Ouen.
The investigation of the fatal brawl on Sunday was entrusted to the judicial police.
