The bloody rivalry has claimed the lives of dozens of people this year.
MARSEILLE: A bloody rivalry between two drug gangs in Marseille on France’s Mediterranean coast has claimed the lives of dozens of people this year, targeted in brazen attacks sometimes carried out by teenagers, according to police.
The latest target was a 30-year-old man gunned down with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in northern Marseille Tuesday night. Some of the victims and perpetrators are teenagers, like a 17-year-old beaten to death by 30 attackers in the Marseille high-rise project known as La Paternelle.Camilleri said while murders linked to the drug trade used to be about the expansion of territory – such as the takeover of a dealing spot – they were now mostly about striking terror in their rivals.Drug gang members now “kill to scare”, which she said was like a “vendetta”, a blood feud motivated by vengeance.
They have seized 740 weapons, including 62 assault rifles, since the start of the year, an increase of 24% over 2022. Camilleri said police were following the money to get their hands on the masterminds of the drugs trade.
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