Overview
- The two motorcycle gunmen who fatally shot 20-year-old Mehdi Kessaci remain at large as the investigation continues.
- Gérald Darmanin and Laurent Nuñez are due in Marseille on Thursday to meet magistrates, investigators and the Kessaci family.
- Authorities say extradition requests have been sent to the United Arab Emirates for about fifteen suspected narcotraffickers.
- Amine Kessaci vowed to keep speaking out in a Le Monde tribune and called for a Saturday march, urging protection for activists and concrete resources.
- Local leaders press for more police and judicial capacity as courts face heavy backlogs, with officials casting the killing as a deliberate warning against civic resistance.