Overview

• Three men—Lenny Albarello, Mehdi Lekhetari, and Driss Allouche—were convicted for their roles in a 2016 triple murder in Marseille's Bassens district.
• The attack, carried out by an armed commando, targeted two men aged 30, while a 21-year-old bystander was killed by a stray bullet.
• The killings were part of a violent territorial war between rival clans, the 'Blacks' and the 'Gitans,' over control of drug trafficking in the area.
• The trial, initially scheduled for February 2024, was postponed due to an attack on one of the defendants, Albarello, while in detention.
• The prosecution sought life imprisonment for the defendants, who were tried as repeat offenders, but the court sentenced them to 30 years with a two-thirds safety period.