“The city center was completely out of control”: did 30,000 looters really robbed Marseille?

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“The police were massacred”: expected at the turning point after the violence of October 17, Laurent Nuñez postpones his visit this Monday to Marseille

DECRYPTION - In the Marseille city, while Saturday was particularly chaotic, a controversy grew around a security system which was allegedly undersized. Questioned by Benoît Payan, the Minister of the Interior will ultimately not go to Marseille this Monday.

Thousands of rioters in Marseille, Mayor Benoît Payan “demands accountability”

The Canebière central police station was the target of thugs, while the town hall was targeted.

Marseille: a woman killed by mistake in her apartment, four suspects indicted

The victim, aged around forty, was shot and killed in his own apartment in the city center in July 2025. An armed commando opened fire on his front door, but he had hit the wrong target.