A probable new death in the “war” waged by drug traffickers. Targeted on Saturday evening shortly after 9:30 p.m. by a burst of Kalashnikovs which hit him in the abdomen, while he was at a deal point in the Notre-Dames-des-Marins city, in Martigues, a 21-year-old man years old died a few hours later in the operating room, a police source tells us.
Still according to this source, the victim was “known for drug-related cases“. In the shooting, a man with no prior record, who was going to the grocery store in front of which the shootings took place, was injured in the hand by a shot or a bullet fragment. His condition does not cause any concern. Renault Mégane used by the hit squad was found burned shortly after the incident. According to our information, it had been declared stolen.
“These grenades could not have exploded”
At the crime scene, investigators from the Organized and Specialized Crime Division (DCOS) made an extremely disturbing discovery: two grenades, one in front of the power supply and one in a building lobby. The hypothesis that these grenades were thrown by the attackers in addition to the shots is being studied.
Minesweepers were immediately mobilized, with reinforcements from the Bouches-du-Rhône fire brigade, to secure the perimeter.
“After analysis, these grenades could not have exploded. They were not in good condition“, indicates a police source. Did those who threw these grenades know that they were ineffective or were they banking on an explosion that could have wreaked havoc?”That's the whole question“, responds laconically an investigator.
In any case, at this stage of the investigations, we do not know whether this murderous assault was part of a narchomicide.”targeted” or in an attempt to take over a drug sales point by a competing team.
On October 29, a 34-year-old man, involved according to the authorities in the drug business, had already been executed in Martigues by AK-47 fire in front of a car garage.
Since the start of the year, eighteen people have been murdered in conflicts against a backdrop of drug trafficking in Bouches-du-Rhône.
