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French Schoolboy, 14, Suspected of Shooting Principal and Teacher With Shotgun Hidden in Guitar Case

A 14-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly shooting and wounding a headteacher and a teacher at a secondary school in Aubagne, southern France.

International Business Times UK · Oct 12

French investigators use DNA and vehicle tracking to solve stolen Renoirs case

The arrests were prompted by the "very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent," the Marseille prosecutor said.

Euronews · Oct 12

Inside the French police operation to rescue stolen Renoirs

One of the two works, ‘Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano’, suffered a tear

The Independent UK · Oct 12

Man armed with knives injures five in Marseille before being shot dead by police

A local prosecutor said an investigation was in its early stages and that the motive of the assailant was not yet known.

Euronews · Sep 2, 2025

French scientists in court over attack on Russian consulate in Marseille

Two French researchers are due in court after staging a dramatic protest at the Russian consulate in Marseille this week, reportedly motivated by the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 27, 2025

‘Radicalised by crime’: Teen hitmen take Marseille’s grisly drug violence to new level

Successive murders in France’s second-largest city have cast a grim light on the growing use of teenage contract killers by rival drug lords in Marseille, the subject of a new book by a trio of French journalists that explores an alarming development in the port city’s deadly drug wars.

France 24 · Oct 8, 2024

Marseille's drug war victims, perpetrators younger than ever: prosecutor

The southern French city of Marseille was shaken last week by two drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was "stabbed 50 times" and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 7, 2024

French teenager stabbed '50 times' and burned alive in Marseille drug war

Local law enforcement say both the victims and perpetrators of recent violence are getting younger

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2024

Marseille drug wars in spotlight again after boy, 14, allegedly hired as hitman

Teenager alleged to have been recruited by prisoner who later called police to report him over killing of taxi driver

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Teen Stabbed 50 Times Then Burned Alive In France

The southern French city of Marseille was this week shaken by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was "stabbed 50 times" and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday.

International Business Times · Oct 6, 2024