a 16-year-old suspect indicted for murder

Five months after the death of Socayna, 24, killed in her room in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) by a stray bullet, a 16-year-old minor, suspected of being the author of the fatal shot, has just been arrested and indicted for murder. He is known to the police. On September 10, 2023 in Marseille, two men on a motorcycle fired in bursts towards a pharmacy then into the air. Intimidation shots in the context of drug trafficking, which ricochet off the walls of a building. One of the bullets pierces the facade and kills Socayna, a student who was working on her computer.

Residents partly reassured

After his death, several hundred people gathered for a white march to pay tribute to him and demand justice. Five months later, the bullet holes and the concern are still there, but the announcement of the arrest of a suspect partly reassures the residents encountered on Friday February 16 in the afternoon. In 2023, 49 people were killed in Marseille in connection with drug trafficking, including at least four collateral victims.