Overview

• Gunmen on foot opened fire around midnight in Marseille’s degraded cité des Rosiers complex, killing a 17-year-old and wounding two others aged 17 and 19.
• The Marseille prosecutor’s office has launched a flagrance inquiry for assassination, attempted assassination and criminal association under its organized crime division.
• A stray bullet from the Marseille attack struck a medical office without injuring the orthophonist on duty, highlighting the danger to nearby civilians.
• In Pontarlier at about 6 a.m., firefighters found a man shot in the head and police arrested a suspect who had barricaded himself at the scene.
• Both shootings occurred near well-known drug-trafficking points, underscoring ongoing challenges in curbing gang violence and youth involvement in organized crime.