Overview
- The shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m. near the rond-point Claudie-Darcy in the 4th arrondissement, where a passenger from a trail-type motorcycle fired multiple rounds into a parked vehicle.
- Several 9 mm shell casings were recovered, and the assailants fled toward the 13th arrondissement on the motorcycle.
- The victim, identified by multiple outlets as the younger brother of anti-narcotraffic activist Amine Kessaci, was 20, had no criminal record, and was preparing to retake the police entrance exam.
- Marseille’s prosecutor opened an investigation for assassination by an organized group and criminal conspiracy, entrusting the case to the DCOS brigade criminelle.
- Prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said a warning-style assassination is not excluded at this stage and no link to narcotrafficking has been established, as officials note Kessaci had recently been under police protection following threats.