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Two Held Over Fatal Goult Wedding Shooting as Manhunt Continues

The Marseille JIRS has assumed control of the investigation into a shooting authorities suspect was linked to drug trafficking.

Vaucluse: une fusillade éclate dans un mariage et fait deux morts dont la mariée
Un panneau indique la direction de la salle des fêtes de Goult, dans le département du Vaucluse, site d’une fusillade mortelle lors d’une fête de mariage pour laquelle deux hommes ont été mis en examen et écroués, jeudi 26 juin 2025.
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Overview

  • The attack on the wedding party killed the 27-year-old bride and one of the four assailants and left the groom, a 13-year-old and another guest seriously wounded.
  • Two of the four suspects were arrested hours after the shooting and remanded in custody on charges of assassinat en bande organisée.
  • One attacker was killed during the incident, possibly by return fire, and the fourth suspect remains at large as gendarmes, backed by GIGN and aerial units, conduct a manhunt.
  • The case was transferred from the Avignon prosecutor’s office to Marseille’s interregional specialized jurisdiction and is being handled by the Section de recherches of the Marseille Gendarmerie.
  • Authorities are probing a potential narcotics-related motive given the groom’s prior record of 26 mentions for drug trafficking in the judicial database.