Two men were shot dead overnight from Monday to Tuesday in two districts in the poor neighborhoods of northern Marseille, we learned on Tuesday July 26 from police sources.
The first, aged 30, was found around 5:30 a.m. in the common areas of an apartment building, in the working-class Belle de Mai district. Hit by seven 9mm caliber bullets, he died on the spot.
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Two hours later, the body of another man, also fatally shot, was discovered on the public highway, in the Arnavaux district, in the north of Marseille. Despite the care provided by the rescue teams, he did not survive. The judicial police have been seized of the two cases.
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