In Marseille, a 20-year-old man was shot dead in the 4th arrondissement

A car driver was the target of gunfire on Thursday, November 13, in Marseille. Despite the intervention of emergency services, the victim did not survive.

A man was shot and killed on Thursday, November 13, in Marseille’s 4th arrondissement in Bouches-du-Rhône, according to Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters. The area is currently closed by police according to ICI Provence (formerly France Bleu). The victim was 20 years old, according to sources close to the case contacted by franceinfo.

According to sources close to the case, contacted by the Radio France office in Marseille, the man was targeted by gunfire in the afternoon, while he was driving his car, not far from the Dôme concert hall. A motorbike approached the car, the motorbike passenger got out and opened fire. The victim died despite the intervention of emergency services. The shooter and motorbike driver fled, the same source said.

The victim was the younger brother of Amine Kessaci, founder of the Conscience association in Marseille, which is committed to fighting drug trafficking, the Radio France office in Marseille learned from a source close to the case, confirming information from La Provence. Amine Kessaci was also an environmental activist candidate for the New Popular Front in the 3rd electoral district of Bouches-du-Rhône during the last legislative elections.

Amine Kessaci has been threatened and placed under police protection since the publication of his book, in September “Marseille, wipe your tears: life and death in the land of drug trafficking”evoking the death of his other brother, burned in the car in the resolution of the problem. According to the source, one of the routes investigated by investigators is murder to send a message to Amine Kessaci.

In a press release, the Marseille prosecutor’s office on Thursday evening said that the 20-year-old was the perpetrator. “unknown to police and justice services”. “Several cases of 9 mm found at the site”added the prosecutor. Investigation for “organized gang murder” And “criminal conspiracy to commit a crime” opened.