21 people were arrested Monday in the investigation into the homicide of a relative of SCH last August.
They are suspected of links with the DZ Mafia, a Marseille drug trafficking clan.
The case of the assassination of a relative of SCH is accelerating. Five months after this news item on the sidelines of a concert by the rapper in La Grande-Motte, 21 people were arrested. They are suspected of links with the DZ Mafia, this clan of Marseille drug traffickers.
Six of them were already detained in different prisons in the south-east of France, sources within the police and gendarmerie said, confirming information from the Parisian. All those arrested were placed in police custody following this operation carried out by the gendarmerie in Hérault and the judicial police of Marseille. According to our information, their membership in the DZ Mafia must still be demonstrated, because many people claim to be part of it without actually belonging to it. Searches are still underway at this time.
49 “narcomicides” in 2024
On August 26, at dawn, a relative of Marseille rapper SCH was shot and killed and another seriously injured as they left the famous La Dune nightclub, in La Grande-Motte, where the artist had just performed. The two men were targeted by shooters in a car around 6 a.m., a few hundred meters from the nightclub, on a road that is busy during the day but deserted at night.
According to a source close to the matter, confirming initial information from the regional daily Free Middaythe two victims were aboard one of the vehicles that SCH can usually use, real name Julien Schwarzer. Prize for best concert in 2024 for his appearance at the Vélodrome in Marseille, during the 2nd edition of Flammes, trophies of rap and its currents, SCH, 31, is one of the big names in French rap. He has been on tour again since November 7.
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The DZ Mafia is the clan that currently dominates the Marseille drug market, having established itself against the “Yoda” gang. Most of the 49 “narcomicides” – a record – in 2023 in Marseille were caused by the turf war between these two clans. On November 22, 23 people suspected of having participated in organized extortion on behalf of the “DZ Mafia” were brought before a judge.
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