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Holiday Violence Across France Triggers Arrests and Organized-Crime Inquiries

Surveillance-led arrests advance the cases under specialised organised‑crime oversight.

Overview

  • In Septèmes-les-Vallons near Marseille, firefighters found a carbonized body in a burned car that earlier dropped a gunshot victim at Hôpital Nord, with a probe opened for assassination in an organized group and assigned to the DCOS.
  • In Bordeaux’s Aubiers district, a 19-year-old died after being shot; two suspects were arrested in nearby Bruges and an assault-style weapon was recovered, with DCOS investigators examining a possible drug-trafficking settling of scores.
  • In Paris, three women were slightly wounded in sequential knife attacks on Metro line 3; a 25-year-old suspect was identified via video and phone geolocation and arrested in Val-d’Oise, and an inquiry for attempted homicide and armed violence was opened.
  • In Marseille, a woman died after a fall from a fourth-floor apartment; her partner is in custody as investigators document signs of a struggle and prioritise a feminicide line of inquiry.
  • In Pamiers (Ariège), a 43-year-old homeless man was found dead on a city street; prosecutors opened a murder investigation, three people were placed in custody, and an autopsy was ordered under SIPJ Toulouse oversight.