Three months after the death of Fayed, collateral victim, at age 10, of a shooting linked to drug trafficking, in the Pissevin district of Nîmes, the investigation made significant progress on Monday, with several arrests, announced the Marseille parquet floor. At this stage, at least five people have been placed in police custody as part of the judicial investigation opened for intentional homicide by an organized gang after Fayed’s death, according to a source close to the investigation.
“Most of the people arrested were confused thanks to the work of the scientific police, who were able to identify suspects using DNA found particularly on cartridge cases and bullets,” a source close to the police told AFP. The investigation requested anonymity, confirming information from the daily Le Parisien. According to another source close to the case, there are at this stage five people in police custody.
A neighborhood plagued by drug trafficking
Collateral victim of a war between drug traffickers, Fayed was shot while he was in his uncle’s car on August 21, shortly after 11 p.m., in the Pissevin district, plagued by drug trafficking. narcotics. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin described this death as “an immense tragedy”, affirming that it would “not go unpunished”.
Several cities in the south-east of France, including Marseille, Avignon, Nîmes, in an arc between Spain and Italy, have been affected for several years by assassinations linked to drug trafficking, a violence which is now claiming victims collaterals.