Overview

• An information judiciaire was opened for assassinations and attempted assassinations in an organized group, alongside counts including robbery, receiving stolen goods in organized form, and criminal conspiracy.
• A man in his 30s, arrested in Carpentras, and a woman in her 20s were presented to an investigating judge, with prosecutors requesting their indictment and pretrial detention.
• Investigators say a vehicle arrived near a narcotics point of sale and one or more occupants opened fire; witnesses reported multiple shooters, some with Kalashnikovs.
• The October 3 attack in Nice’s Moulins district left two people dead and five wounded, and authorities say the fatalities appear unconnected to trafficking.
• Roughly 60 CRS officers were deployed to reinforce security, and about 500 people joined a marche blanche in Nice, where the mayor condemned the drug trade as resembling “narcoterrorism.”