A 30-year-old man of Tunisian nationality was shot dead late Wednesday afternoon near Nice airport, we learned from the public prosecutor.
The victim was known to the police for various procedures and in particular offenses related to drug legislation, detailed the Nice prosecutor, Damien Martinelli, who opened an investigation for assassination by an organized gang, a rare charge in Nice in comparison. with Marseille, which recorded around fifty narcocides in 2023.
The shooter on the run
The Horizons mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, visited the site.
“An individual, arriving by car, shot a person at close range before fleeing.
The scene was captured by our cameras,” he commented on social networks.
The investigation is in the hands of the judicial police.
This new shooting, according to the Alliance Police nationale union cited by Nice-Matin, marks the growing tension in the city.
“There hasn't been a week without a gunshot,” a unionized police officer told the local newspaper.