Story continues below…Eighteen people have been shot dead in the Bouches-du-Rhone region, which includes Marseille, since the start of the year, according to police. The previous gang-linked killing this year was on June 25, when two men were shot dead, also by Kalashnikov, on a housing estate in northern Marseille. The two fatalities were young men in their 20s who have yet to be identified. The two men were travelling in separate cars through central Marseille mid-morning when their way was blocked by a third vehicle, deputy prosecutor Andre Ribes said. Photo: AFPAFP · 7 Aug 2016, 18:07Published: 07 Aug 2016 18:07 GMT+02:00Two men were cut down by automatic rifles in broad daylight in Marseille Sunday, in what investigators said was the probably latest round in a bloody gangland war.

Source: The Local August 07, 2016 15:00 UTC