"A gunman on a motorbike has shot dead the 20-year-old youngest brother of a prominent anti-drug activist in the southern French city of Marseille in a possible warning over his campaigning, a prosecutor said on Friday. France's second-largest city is struggling to battle drug crime, with more than a dozen people killed since the start of the year in turf wars and other disputes linked to cocaine and cannabis dealing."
"Amine Kessaci, 22, became an activist and Green party member after losing an older brother to a feud between drug traffickers in 2020. READ MORE: Does the French city of Marseille deserve its 'dangerous' reputation? An unidentified gunman killed his youngest brother on Thursday afternoon. "A motorbike drew up beside the car of the victim, who had just parked. The backseat passenger on the motorbike shot the victim several times," Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said."
Amine Kessaci's 20-year-old youngest brother was shot dead by a gunman on a motorbike in Marseille, possibly as a warning tied to Kessaci's anti-drug campaigning. Marseille is facing heavy drug-related violence, with more than a dozen people killed this year in turf wars and disputes over cocaine and cannabis. Kessaci became an activist and Green party member after his older brother was killed in a 2020 feud between traffickers. Kessaci had been under police protection since last month after publishing a book about victims of drug trafficking. Prosecutors said the victim had no criminal record and the investigation is at an early stage.
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