The investigation into the assassination of Mehdi Kessaci, which shocked Marseille final November, is progressing. Six individuals have been indicted and imprisoned within the investigation into the homicide of the younger man, whose brother Amine, a determine within the combat towards drug trafficking, was elected deputy mayor, the nationwide anti-organized crime prosecutor introduced on Saturday March 28.
In complete, ten individuals have been arrested on Monday on this case, 4 of whom have been launched after their custody, added prosecutor Vanessa Perrée in a press launch.
The six others – 5 males and one lady – have been indicted specifically for homicide and tried homicide by an organized gang, and participation in a legal affiliation with a view to making ready against the law.
The 5 males have been then positioned in pre-trial detention by the freedom and detention choose. The lady, for her half, requested a delay earlier than a closing determination on her detention was made; within the meantime, she was additionally imprisoned.
Shock wave
On November 13, 2025, Mehdi Kessaci was killed by a number of bullets, in the midst of the afternoon within the Marseille metropolis.
The loss of life of this 20-year-old younger man, utterly unfamiliar with trafficking and unknown to the police and the courts, brought on a shock wave.
The Kessaci household had already been bereaved in 2020 with the loss of life of huge brother Brahim, concerned in trafficking, and whose physique was discovered charred.
Saturday’s indictments come the day Amine Kessaci, one other brother of Mehdi, grew to become 4th deputy mayor of Marseille. Threatened, this anti-drug trafficking activist lives underneath police safety, even current within the municipal council room.
With AFP
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