Overview
- In a Le Monde tribune, Amine Kessaci declares he will not be silent, denounces state failings, urges public‑service and policing resources, and says his protection was not extended to his family.
- Following an emergency Élysée meeting, Emmanuel Macron asked for an amplified crackdown modeled on counter‑terror efforts, with Laurent Nuñez and Gérald Darmanin due in Marseille on Thursday and the justice minister seeking extraditions of French traffickers from the UAE.
- Police are still hunting the two motorcycle gunmen as authorities characterize the shooting as a “crime d’intimidation,” noting the 20‑year‑old victim was not involved in trafficking.
- Mehdi Kessaci’s funeral took place under tight security with RAID and CRS deployed, while protections around the family and public gatherings have been reinforced.
- Marseille’s mayor says he has received 402 death threats since September and presses for more police‑judicial capacity, a clearer command structure, and the organized‑crime prosecutor’s office in the city, with a white march set for Saturday.