The two women injured in Marseille are said to be "collateral victims"

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One of the two young girls is still between life and death.

Two young girls aged 17 and 19 were victims of gunfire on Sunday evening around 10:30 p.m. in the Belle-de-Mai district in Marseille near a drug point of sale.

The 19-year-old victim received about ten bullet holes, especially to the head.

The other, aged 17, was slightly injured in the knee and arms.

The driver of the vehicle known for drug trafficking

The Marseille judicial police, in charge of investigations, made new findings on Monday with the operation of CCTV cameras and the collection of testimonies.

According to the first elements, the two young girls would be "probably collateral victims, it was not they who were targeted", confides a source close to the file to

.

The two young women were in the back of a vehicle when one or more snipers opened fire.

According to a police source, the driver arrested after having first fled before returning to the scene of the tragedy, would be known for drug trafficking, and he would have survived a homicide attempt in 2019.

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