In France's Marseille, teen 'stabbed 50 times' then burned alive
The Peninsula
Marseille: The southern French city of Marseille was this week shaken by two apparently drug related killings, including the murder of a 15 year old b...
Marseille: 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.
Marseille, France's second-largest city but also one of its poorest, is plagued by drug-related violence.
The historic port city on the Mediterranean coast has in recent years witnessed a turf war for control of the highly profitable drug market between various clans including DZ Mafia and Yoda.
The problem was once again thrust into public eye this week, with Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone telling a news conference on Sunday that victims and perpetrators of such violence were getting increasingly younger.
The 15-year-old teenager was murdered on Wednesday in a case Bessone described as one of "unprecedented savagery".
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