Overview
- Two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire on a 20-year-old as he parked near Le Dôme in Marseille’s 4th arrondissement, according to the prosecutor.
- Local officials identified the victim as the younger brother of activist Amine Kessaci; he had no police record and was preparing to take the police entrance exam.
- The case is being led by the Division of Organized and Specialized Crime after counts were opened for murder by an organized group and criminal conspiracy.
- Investigators recovered several 9 mm shell casings at the scene, with a motorcycle later found burned in the 13th arrondissement.
- No suspects have been identified or arrested, and the prosecutor says an intimidation killing targeting Kessaci is not excluded at this stage.