A man in his thirties was shot dead overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Marseille, we learned from judicial and police sources.
To discover
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The body of the victim, which presented "
several firearm impacts
", was discovered by a passerby "
in a residential area near the Cité de Frais-Vallon
", one of these cities in the working-class neighborhoods in the north of Marseille plagued by drug trafficking, said the Marseille prosecutor's office to AFP.
Possible settling of scores
According to a police source, the man was shot in the head.
Alerted, the emergency services arrived on the spot around 00:40 on Wednesday.
"
The victim is currently being identified
," added the Marseille prosecutor's office, which opened "
an investigation into the heads of assassination in an organized gang and association of criminals
", entrusted to the judicial police.
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If a link between this homicide and drug trafficking is established, it would be the sixth person shot dead as part of a settling of accounts against the background of drug trafficking in Marseille since the beginning of the year.
