Overview
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called the shooting a crime of intimidation and a point of no return, announcing a visit to Marseille on Thursday with Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin and a presidential trip planned for mid‑December.
- The Élysée session focused on ramping up implementation of the June law and the PNACO set to launch on January 1, with prosecutor Nicolas Bessone, national police leaders and proposed PNACO chief Vanessa Perrée in attendance.
- The government discussed enhanced protection for municipal candidates as narcotrafficking violence becomes a national campaign issue ahead of local elections.
- Mehdi Kessaci, 20, was killed in an organized‑crime attack under investigation for assassination and criminal conspiracy; he had no police record and was preparing to become a police officer.
- Private funeral rites were held Tuesday in Marseille with a significant security presence, and the family’s association announced a public march this weekend, as a separate Grenoble shooting of an adolescent underscored the wider pattern.