A young man shot dead in a poor district of Marseille

A young man was shot dead in a condominium in the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille, one of the poorest in the city, on Monday evening September 19, we learned from sources close to the investigation, confirming information from the daily

.

The 22-year-old victim was known for petty offences, according to a source close to the investigation.

The police had been called for detonations, according to a police source.

Upon arriving and conducting a reconnaissance of a building, they discovered the injured person in an apartment.

He died at 11 p.m.

He had three bullet holes and a stab wound, another source added.

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The condominium where the homicide took place, the Gyptis, had already been the scene of violence on September 1, according to Provence, which recalls that a man had been "

" there and hospitalized in serious condition, while another 18-year-old was "

".

Since the beginning of the year, 24 people have been shot dead in the Bouches-du-Rhône, most of them in Marseille, often in connection with drug trafficking.