Marseilles. Murder of a relative of rapper SCH: 21 people arrested

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Twenty-one people suspected of links with the DZ Mafia, a Marseille drug trafficking clan, were arrested Monday in the investigation into the homicide of a relative of Marseille rapper SCH, after a concert by the rapper in La Grande- Motte (Hérault) on August 26, according to police and gendarmerie sources.

Six of them were already detained in different prisons in the south-east of France, these sources said, confirming information from the Parisian.

A relative of the murdered rapper

All those arrested were placed in police custody following this operation carried out by the gendarmerie in Hérault and the judicial police of Marseille.

On August 26, at dawn, a relative of Marseille rapper SCH was killed by bullets and another seriously injured when 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 case, confirming initial information from the regional daily Midi Libre, the two victims were on board one of the vehicles that SCH can usually use, Julien Schwarzer of his real name. Award for best concert in 2024 for his appearance at the Vélodrome in Marseille, during the 2nd edition of the 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.

An open investigation

An investigation was opened for “organized gang murder, attempted murder by an organized gang and participation in a criminal association”.

The DZ Mafia is the clan that currently dominates the Marseille drug market, having established itself against the “Yoda” gang. Most of the 49 narchomicides – a record – in 2023 in Marseille were caused by the turf war between these two clans.

November 22nd, 23 people suspected of having participated in organized extortion on behalf of the “DZ Mafia”, had been brought before a judge.

With AFP

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