Drug crime in Marseille: Gang stabs 15-year-old boy alive

Drug crime in Marseille
The mob stabbed a 15-year-old boy and burned him alive

October 6, 2024 at 2:27 pm

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Drug-related crime is recurring in Marseille. Now a terrible case is happening in the southern French city. A 15-year-old boy was stabbed and set on fire by drug gang members. Another violent death follows the crime.

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed 50 times and burned alive in the southern French port city of Marseille. Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Besson told a press conference that Wednesday’s crime was the result of drug-related violence. He spoke of “unprecedented cruelty”. Another violent death allegedly involved a 14-year-old convict in the case.

Marseille is the second largest and one of the poorest cities in France. Drug-trafficking-related violence is common here, and in recent years several gangs have struggled to control the lucrative drug trade. Prosecutor Besson said the perpetrators and victims of this violence are getting younger. In the case now under investigation, the victim, a 15-year-old girl, was allegedly recruited into an online network by a 23-year-old inmate.

The inmate, who described himself as a member of a gang known as the DZ Mafia, had hired the 15-year-old to set fire to his apartment door and threaten a rival. For this the young man was promised 2,000 euros. According to the state attorney’s office, the 15-year-old boy was found by members of a rival gang. The gang members stabbed the boy several times and set him on fire. According to the state attorney’s office, the act of violence resulted in another violent death.

A 14-year-old shot dead the father of the family

After the 15-year-old’s death, the same inmate on the first crime assignment hired the 14-year-old to take revenge and kill a member of the so-called Black Gang. The prisoner promised a “reward” of 50,000 euros. The 14-year-old hired his 36-year-old father, who had no connection to drug-related crime, as a driver. When he refused to wait for the teenager, the boy shot the man in the head.

He used his gun for this. With these two latest deaths, the number of violent deaths linked to drug trafficking in Marseille has risen to 17 for the whole of last year.