Second brother of French anti-drugs campaigner shot dead in Marseille, prosecutor says

Published on 14/11/2025 - 16:17 GMT+1

A 22-year-old French campaigner who established an relation to thief victims of supplier unit has mislaid a 2nd relative to suspected criminal gangs successful Marseille.

Amine Kessaci's 20-year-old relative Mehdi was parking his car successful nan metropolis centre erstwhile a motorbike drew up and nan rider opened occurrence pinch a 9mm pistol.

"A motorbike drew up beside nan car of nan victim, who had conscionable parked. The backseat rider connected nan motorbike changeable nan unfortunate respective times," Marseille charismatic Nicolas Bessone said.

Bessone connected Friday said nan young man had nary criminal record. Their elder brother, Brahim, was murdered successful 2020.

He was changeable and his assemblage was recovered successful a burned-out car, a communal method successful pack killings known locally arsenic a "barbecue".

The execution could person been a "warning" to Kessaci, Bessone said. The investigation is still successful its early stages.

Activist Kessaci had been nether constabulary protection since past period aft penning a book astir nan victims of supplier trafficking successful Marseille.

Last twelvemonth he told nan media that his older relative Brahim was nan only 1 successful a family of six siblings to person fallen into supplier trafficking.

Kessaci, who grew up successful nan bluish neighbourhoods of Marseille, founded a non-governmental organisation called Conscience successful 2020 to thief nan families of those killed.

He besides ran arsenic a civilian nine personnel connected nan Greens database successful nan European and parliamentary elections past year, but was unsuccessful successful both.

At slightest 14 group person been killed successful drug-related crimes since nan commencement of nan twelvemonth successful nan Marseille region, according to charismatic figures.