The events took place on Thursday night when a masked individual got out of a car with a kalashnikov and shot in cold blood three people who were walking on the street, two of whom died, one of them booked by the police for drug traffic.

The shooter got back into the vehicle and fled. The vehicle, which had a fake license platelater appeared on fire.

The city police prefect, Frédérique Camilleri, He assured this Friday on BFMTV television that everything is ready to say that it is a “settlement of accounts” between drug trafficking gangs operating in Marseille.

Although it is already the 42nd that has occurred so far this year, more than in all of 2022, This time it had more impact because it took place in the city’s 4th district, a central neighborhood where drug trafficking is not known to exist.

Camilleri acknowledged that in recent months there has been an increase in violent acts in the city linked to drug trafficking and linked it to the police fight against this scourge that has increased significantly.

“The settlement of accounts knows no limits between drug trafficking gangs”said the prefect, who reported that the police have put an end to numerous drug sales points in the city, which has accentuated the rivalry between the gangs.

“The work we carry out is going to take time, but we are going to face it resolutely, We want to show them that we are not going to stop.“said Camilleri, who pointed out that Marseille has seen its police forces reinforced significantly.

According to the prefect, in the last three years they have reached the second city in France 400 police officers and in the coming months another 70 are expected.

He stressed that his work is “bearing fruit, that murders are being avoided”, but that they need more time, while pointing out that police work has to be accompanied by other instruments, such as economic development to “give another perspective to the people of Marseille than drug trafficking.”