The authorities characterized the act of violence as exceptionally cruel. A 15-year-old boy was set on fire after an invisible stabbing.
A murder related to drug violence in Marseille, France, shocks the city’s residents and authorities.
Prosecutor Nicolas Bessone says the incident is an example of “unprecedented brutality”.
The victim was 15 years old. Prosecutor Bessone is worried about that. that the authors are also getting younger.
The 23-year-old prisoner had hired the murdered teenager to vandalize a member of another criminal gang. A rival gang spotted the victim, who was stabbed dozens of times and finally set on fire. The teenager’s reward for vandalism would have been 2,000 euros.
Drug-related violence claims the lives of dozens of people every year in Marseille.
AFP