A man in his forties was shot dead on Sunday, September 18 at the start of the afternoon in front of the bakery where he worked, in the poor neighborhoods in the north of Marseille, we learned this Tuesday from the prosecution, confirming information from
La Provence
.
The facts took place shortly before 2 p.m. in front of this business, where the victim was marked with a dozen impacts, according to a police source.
Settling scores ?
“
He was known to our services, the modus operandi actually suggests a settling of accounts
,” explained the prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille, Dominique Laurens, questioned by AFP, specifying that he was not, however, not possible to specify at this stage whether these facts have a link with drug trafficking.
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In the Bouches-du-Rhône department, and more particularly in Marseille, 23 people have lost their lives in shooting homicides since the beginning of the year, most against a backdrop of rivalries to control the very lucrative drug trafficking, according to an AFP count.