A man in his forties was shot dead on Friday February 24 in an underprivileged housing estate in the northern districts of Marseille, which would make him the sixth victim killed since the start of the year in the city against a backdrop of drug trafficking. narcotics, we learned from police sources.
After being alerted to a victim injured by a gunshot around 6:30 p.m., the emergency services finally found the death of this man when they arrived on the spot at La Paternelle, a city plagued by drug trafficking, said police sources, confirming information of the daily
La Provence
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Sixth death by settling of scores since the beginning of the year
The judicial police have been seized of the investigation.
According to an AFP count, this is the sixth death by settling of accounts since the beginning of the year, and the fourth in nine days.
On February 18, a 28-year-old man was targeted shortly after 1 a.m. in the Capelette district, in the south of the city.
He was taken care of by firefighters and died in hospital from his injuries.
Two days earlier, a 20-year-old young man, known to the police in particular for narcotics cases, had been shot dead in Micocouliers, a city in the working-class neighborhoods north of Marseille.
The day before, a 17-year-old minor, also known for drug trafficking, died of his injuries after being found unconscious with stab wounds at the Paternelle.
