A brawl in Marseille between around forty individuals leaves five injured

2023-04-30 15:15:00

Videos circulating on social media show a car charging into the crowd and a man firing a gun.

By Martin Pereira for Le Point

The district, which can be seen in the photo, was already the center of a shooting last April, which left four people injured. (illustrative image)
© CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP

Published on 04/30/2023 at 3:15 p.m.

Uviolent brawl broke out in the Félix-Pyat district of Marseille, in the 3^e district, Saturday evening around 11 p.m. according to BFM Marseille. The police had to intervene and use tear gas to disperse the group, made up of around forty individuals. Five people, between the ages of 20 and 50, were stabbed.

In several videos on social networks, we can see a car driving into the crowd, and a man firing a gun during this same gathering. According to TF1 Info, it would be a dispute between two families because of domestic violence.

Marseille: at least five stab wounds after a brawl between around forty individuals in the Félix Pyat city. A man drove his car into a group of people, another shot a gun (BFMTV). pic.twitter.com/5IGV2as1yw

— French Info (@InfosFrancaises) April 30, 2023

A neighborhood already affected by shootings

The city has already been at the center of a shooting last April, which left four injured. Félix-Pyat is on the outskirts of La Belle de Mai, another district particularly marked by several gun murders in recent months.

Marseille has been shaken by multiple cases of this type since the beginning of the year.