Did he act in a “
logic of vendetta, against the backdrop of drug trafficking
”, as the Marseille prosecutor, Dominique Laurens, supposed in a press briefing Monday evening?
An 18-year-old will soon be referred, after a shooting that killed a 16-year-old teenager overnight from Sunday to Monday, the Marseille
prosecutor's office
announced on Thursday April 6 in a press release.
On the night of April 2 to 3, a series of shootings mourned France's second city three times.
A first, which occurred around midnight near the city of Castellas, in the 15th arrondissement, claimed the lives of two victims aged 21 and 23 – around fifty assault rifle casings were discovered on the spot.
A second followed, near the Aygalades, causing several injuries.
Finally, a third shooting broke out around 12:40 a.m., this time in the Joliette district, killing a 16-year-old boy and seriously injuring two others aged 14 and 16.
The vital prognosis of one of them is still engaged this Thursday evening.
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“Possible links” between the shootings
It was in the context of this latest shooting that an 18-year-old suspect was implicated, after the arrest and custody of a total of four people.
This young man, already condemned in particular for acts of violence, will be referred within the framework of a judicial investigation of the counts of assassinations in organized gang, attempted assassinations in organized gang and association of criminals.
"
Requisitions for placement in pre-trial detention will be taken
", specifies the prosecution.
Two police custody were "
quickly lifted
", while the last was "
extended
“, specifies the parquet floor.
The investigations carried out by the territorial direction of the judicial police (DTPJ) of Marseilles also allowed the seizure of a weapon, ammunition, and stolen vehicles.
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Finally, while doubt hovered a few hours ago, the investigations now make it possible to affirm that "
the acts committed in the city of Castellas (...) and those committed a few hours later in the Joliette district
" are possibly linked , according to the prosecution.
Following the three Marseille shootings, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the dispatch of the CRS 8, a police brigade specializing in maintaining order in urban areas, and recalled the arrival of
" September here
” of “
11 additional judicial police officers
”.
Reinforcements that the authorities hope will be able to stem the turf wars between criminal gangs, in the northern districts of Marseille.
