“Courage, we are not alone”: in Marseille, the heartbreaking tribute of the Kessaci to Mehdi, murdered a year ago

She is the last to arrive on the scene. On this cursed roundabout, scene of a macabre scene which plunged Marseille into fear just a year ago. Ouassila, the mother of Amine and Mehdi Kessaci, comes out of a black car, a large bouquet of white roses in her hands. She greets the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, before bursting into tears in the arms of her son Amine.

The embrace is long. Filled with grief, Amine Kessaci's mother stifles her cries in the arms of this son, one of the last ones left to her. On November 13, 2025, at this roundabout, Mehdi Kessaci was killed. He was only 20 years old and wanted to become a police officer. According to the first elements of the investigation, the real target was in reality Amine Kessaci, who became involved in the fight against drug trafficking after the assassination of another of his brothers, Brahim, whose trial is about to end. According to investigators, Mehdi Kessaci was killed by mistake.

“Justice for Mehdi”

This Friday, a ceremony was organized in…