a white march in tribute to Soucayna, killed by gunfire

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Soucayna died after being hit in her bedroom by a stray bullet on September 10. The white march organized in his memory in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), Saturday October 21, was an opportunity to denounce drug trafficking and its tragic collateral effects.

In the procession of the white march organized in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) were mothers, friends from college, friends from the neighborhood and neighbors of Soucayna, a young 23-year-old student, collateral victim of trafficking drug. “Even if I don’t know her, I’m here for her, and so as not to forget“, explains an emotional woman. At the head of the march, the young girl’s mother. “Losing your child like this, there’s nothing worse than that. I have hatred“, laments Soucayna’s mother.

“The Marseillais must mobilize”

In Marseille, everyone passing by knows the first name of Soucayna, hit by a stray bullet that went through the wall of her room. “The people of Marseillais, the French must mobilize, they must say stop this violence“, says a woman. “We live in an open prison“, according to a man. Since the start of the year in Marseille, 43 people have lost their lives amid drug banditry.


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