Overview
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called the shooting of 20-year-old Mehdi Kessaci a crime of intimidation and a point of no return, announcing a visit to Marseille this Thursday alongside the justice minister and a follow-up meeting at the Élysée in mid‑December.
- The murder investigation was transferred to the national organized‑crime jurisdiction Junalco in Paris, reflecting the case’s scale and complexity.
- In Grenoble, a boy believed to be about 12 remains in a coma after being shot near a known drug-dealing spot; an attempted‑murder probe led by the police judiciaire is underway with no arrests and a narcotraffic link not ruled out.
- Authorities highlighted the June narcotraffic law’s next steps, including the new national organized‑crime prosecutor’s office (Pnaco) set to become operational on January 1.
- On Tuesday afternoon, a 48-year-old man was fatally shot by assailants on a scooter in Marseille’s 13th arrondissement near the area where Mehdi Kessaci’s funeral was taking place.