“Don’t be afraid,” said Marseille’s mayor before Saturday’s white parade, in honor of Mehdi Kessaci

Nearly a week after the murder of activist Amine Kessaci’s brother, carried out against drug bandits, emotions are still very strong in France’s second city.

“I know a lot of people are afraid and I tell them, ‘don’t be afraid’.” Marseille Mayor Benoît Payan wants to unite the inhabitants of the Phocaean city, Wednesday 19 November, in the face of “mafia” druganditism, before a white march on Saturday in honor of Mehdi Kessaci. “We have to tell this octopus, this mafia, that we are not afraid (…) that they will not silence us”said Marseille’s various left-wing mayors, in an interview with AFP.

Nearly a week after the murder of activist Amine Kessaci’s brother, carried out against drug bandits, emotions are still very strong in France’s second city. The white march planned for Saturday afternoon was to start from the roundabout where the 20-year-old victim was shot dead by two men on a motorbike.

“The response that must first be a form of national unity. This also means telling the people who committed these murders that we are not afraid of them, that they do not scare us, that we will fight against them and that we will win on all fronts.”supports Benoît Payan. The investigation is ongoing and the authorities are considering all hypotheses, especially regarding the intimidation murder directed against environmental activist Amine Kessaci.

Facing the scourge of drug bandits, Benoît Payan also called for more resources. “When we took resources away from the police, when we exposed what was being done, it didn’t work.”he regrets it. “But when there are resources for justice, when we give resources to the judicial police, and it starts to produce results, we will get more, and it will produce results.”