A man was shot dead Monday evening in a city north of Marseille and another man was arrested not far from the facts, we learned on Tuesday May 24 from a police source.
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The alleged perpetrator was arrested
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People fleeing on two wheels were seen by witnesses
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The homicide took place around 8:30 p.m. in the parking lot of a supermarket in the city of Castellas in the 14th arrondissement of Marseille.
The investigation was handed over to the federal police.
Ten people have been shot dead since the beginning of the year in the Bouches-du-Rhône, and two by stabbing, against the backdrop of drug trafficking.