A police biker in Septèmes-les-Vallons, in June 2018 (illustration). - E. Beracassat / SIPA

Outbreak of violence in Toulon. An 18-year-old man was killed on Monday in a city in the capital of Var. It is, according to the prosecutor, "an assassination which is part of a succession of settling of scores between rival gangs against a background of drug trafficking. "

The victim, of Tunisian nationality, received four bullets in the back and several in the head, while she was in the street in the district of La Poncette, said the prosecutor of Toulon Bernard Marchal.

35-year-old man killed in front of his wife and children

A fleeing vehicle was seen by a witness. The victim was known to the police for drug trafficking, said Bernard Marchal.

🚨 Yet another settling of scores in Toulon!
Monday evening around 10:40 p.m. a young man known to the police and justice for drug cases was shot dead in the Cité de la Poncette in Toulon.  

Case to follow on https://t.co/YaKxeriElt pic.twitter.com/mE4XjmuUAT

- The Var chain (@Lachainevaroise) July 28, 2020

A week ago, on the night of July 20 to 21, a stone's throw away in the Sainte-Musse district, a 35-year-old man was killed by several bullets while driving his car in front of his partner and his children in this which is akin to settling scores, according to the authorities.

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