Overview
- Investigators identified the victim as a 15-year-old Marseille resident with no criminal record, reported missing by his family the same day.
- Forensic findings include a gunshot wound to the head and a spent cartridge near the body, indicating he was killed before being burned.
- The body was found Friday morning in the Arnavaux area, staged at the foot of a large mural in a small square near Campagne-Larousse.
- The Marseille prosecutor opened investigations for organized assassination and criminal conspiracy, assigning the DCOS and the criminal brigade.
- Authorities say the method matches practices used in drug-related violence, with no suspects identified or arrests announced so far.