A 57-year-old trader was shot dead during the night from Thursday to Friday in Calenzana, in Haute-Corse, we learned from the Bastia prosecutor's office. André Guerini was killed, shortly before midnight this Thursday, October 31, by “gunshots“, according to the elements provided by the head of the Bastia public prosecutor's office.
An investigation has been opened for intentional homicide by an organized gang, prosecutor Jean-Philippe Navarre told AFP. The research section of the Corsican gendarmerie and the judicial police of the interdepartmental direction of the national police of Haute-Corse were joined to carry out the first investigations.
According to a judicial source, the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction (Jirs) of Marseille has been notified and could take charge of this investigation. Usually, the Marseille Jirs handles complex cases linked to organized crime.
The murder of this trader comes less than a month after the assassination of Massimo Ponchelet, killed on October 6 in L'Île-Rousse, a town in Balagne located about twenty kilometers from Calenzana.
