Three men were shot dead during the weekend of October 1 and 2 in the Belle-de-Mai district (3rd arrondissement) and two others were slightly injured, a police source announced to
Le Figaro
, confirming information from
Provence
.
Two men in their thirties died late Sunday evening at the hospital where they had been transported shortly after being hit around 9 p.m. by bullets, a source close to the investigation told AFP. .
"
Individuals in a car fired on the two men on foot boulevard Bouès
," said this source.
The Marseille firefighters had taken the two victims to the hospital, each with a vital prognosis.
These are two additional deaths after shootings during the weekend in the second city of France, where many districts are affected by assassinations linked to drug trafficking.
17 Kalashnikov shots
Saturday, "
two people on a scooter (have) fired on an individual on foot
", a 21-year-old man, avenue Camille Pelletan, still in the 3rd arrondissement of Marseille.
The young man targeted "
died a few moments later
", had specified the same source according to which the attack also caused two "
slight injuries
".
Around 11:20 p.m., the two people on a scooter fired 17 times with a Kalashnikov in the direction of the victim, known to the police "
for petty offenses having nothing to do
" with facts of this magnitude, added a source. close to the investigation, indicating that the man killed had been hit by two bullets, in the chest and in the hips.
The victim had sought refuge in a nearby bar, where two men in their twenties and thirties, seated on the terrace, received a bullet for one, the other a splinter.
"
They presented themselves to the hospital, where they were treated before leaving
" in the night, explained the source.
The two investigations were entrusted to the judicial police.
No details were given on the reasons for the two cases.
