Sunday evening, a 24-year-old woman was hit in the head by Kalashnikov shots in the 10th arrondissement of Marseille, while she was in her apartment, near a deal point.
Violence linked to drug trafficking has created a new collateral victim in Marseille. A 24-year-old woman was shot in the head while she was at home in Saint-Thys in the 10th arrondissement on Sunday evening. She was hit by Kalashnikov shots aimed at a deal point at the foot of her building.
Public prosecutor Dominique Laurens held a press briefing on Monday September 11 in the presence of Frédérique Camilleri, Bouches-du-Rhône police chief. France 3 Provence-Alpes summarizes what we know about this affair.
The victim was in his room
The victim, a young woman aged 24, was taken care of by firefighters on Sunday around 11 p.m. “seriously injured by a shot while she was at home, in her room on the 3rd floor of the building, where she lived quietly with her mother”, said public prosecutor Dominique Laurens. She was “transferred in very serious condition to hospital with a life-threatening prognosis”, she explained again, and she is currently in a state of brain death.
Two Kalashnikov bursts were fired indiscriminately
According to the first elements of the investigation carried out by the territorial direction of the judicial police, the shootings took place initially at the pharmacy of this group of buildings, the place where “many young people have the habit of gathering in the evening, and where would a drug resale point be located”said the prosecutor.
After this first blind burst, a second, still blind, burst fire took place at the start. It’s that “‘shot in the air’ Who “will impact” the building and go through the wall.
23 casings of 7.62 were recovered on the spot by the investigators.
Two other apartments were hit by gunfire
Two other apartments were hit by a blind burst, after a first burst fired near a deal point, the Marseille prosecutor further detailed.
One is occupied by a single 79-year-old woman and is on the 4th floor, the other by an 86-year-old woman. They were not injured.
An investigation is opened for attempted murder
An investigation was opened blatantly on charges of “attempted assassinations by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy with a view to the commission of a crime”. The investigation was entrusted to the judicial police of Marseille.
“Even if this young woman appears to be a collateral victim, the intention”premeditated homicide” is characterized by taking action.underlined prosecutor Laurens.
Reinforced police presence in the city
The police presence has been reinforced in the city of Saint-Thys, at the request of the Minister of the Interior, said Frédérique Camilleri, police prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône. She points out that the point of the deal targeted by this shooting “did not have an extremely important activity”.
The prefect indicated that there are currently tensions “against the backdrop of drug trafficking” in several estates in the southern districts of Marseille. The police presence will be reinforced in Saint-Thys but also in Cayolle and the Cité Château Saint-Loup.
The police chief recalled that since the beginning of the year, 1160 traffickers have been arrested (+15%), 70 deal points “permanently dismantled” and 816 weapons seized, including 67 assault rifles. Drug users, “first link in this chain which leads to tragedies”, according to the prefect, are also in the sights with 11,500 fixed fines drawn up in nine months.
110th person injured since the start of the year in Marseille
Since January, this is the 93rd homicide or attempted homicide that the prosecution has linked to drug banditry in the department, including 90 in Marseille. In all, 42 people died and 110 people were injured in violence linked to drug trafficking. Among them are a priori at least two collateral victims.
On the night of August 31 to September 1, a young man in his twenties was shot dead in the town of Micocouliers, bringing the number of deaths to 10 for the month of August alone.
A collective of families supported by the Conscience association founded by Amine Kessaci filed an interim relief last week to force the state to act in these neighborhoods. The president of the administrative court of Marseilles did not consider the interim release admissible.