A mother of five was randomly killed in a gunfight in a drug den in Marseille, southern France. At a drug point of sale, several people opened fire on cars parked there late on Wednesday evening, the newspaper “La Provence” reported on Thursday with reference to the public prosecutor’s office. The 43-year-old was hit in the head and died in hospital.
A 21-year-old daughter who was in the car with the woman suffered minor injuries, as did a 55-year-old in another car. None of the victims were known to the police. The perpetrators’ getaway car was later found burnt out in the same part of town.
Drug gangs dominate entire neighborhoods
Drug gangs dominate entire residential areas in France’s second largest city, and there have been regular deaths this year with 19 victims. Unintended casualties are not uncommon. On Tuesday, an uninvolved 15-year-old who was shot in early April died. In late April, a 63-year-old man was shot dead while playing cards in a snack bar, although he was not the target of the attack.
Investigators fear revenge could be added to the spiral of collusion by drug gangs following the death of the mother of five, as the newspaper “Le Parisien” reported. The woman’s youngest child is four years old.
Source: Krone
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