A twenty-year-old man, known to the police, was shot dead Thursday afternoon February 16 in a city north of Marseille, we learned from judicial and police sources, confirming information from BFM Provence.
We confirm "
the death of a 20-year-old man this afternoon in the city of Micocouliers
", indicated the Marseille prosecutor's office to AFP, specifying that the victim "
was known to the police, in particular for
drug-related offences
”.
peak of violence
The man was killed by firearm around 2:45 p.m., noted a police source, adding that the investigation had been entrusted to the judicial police.
"
We have been witnessing for a few days a peak of violence which is centered around two/three cities in Marseille, which are undoubtedly linked to each other, with shootings", recalled to the microphone of BFM Provence the prefect
of Bouches-du-Rhône police, Frédérique Camilleri, who came to the scene of the homicide.
"
There have been injuries, there have been deaths, young people, because drug traffickers (...) have no scruples"
, "
are only attracted by the lure of profit
" and "
have no respect for human life
, ”added the prefect, who notably mentioned the city of La Paternelle, which is regularly the subject of settling of accounts against the backdrop of drug trafficking.
In the latter, also located in the working-class neighborhoods in the north of Marseille, a 17-year-old boy, known for drug trafficking, was fatally stabbed overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
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“
This is why for several days already, we have reinforced the presence of the CRS in these cities: (...) the police make extremely regular visits, they have already arrested in flagrante delicto several times in recent days people who were involved in these shootings
”, underlined Frédérique Camilleri.
According to an AFP count, the homicide perpetrated this Thursday in the city of Micocouliers, where a teenager had also been shot and wounded on Saturday evening, brings to four the number of victims who have died on the background of drug trafficking since the beginning. of the year in Marseilles.
