The French city of Marseille struggles to battle drug crime

A gunman on a motorbike has shot dead the 20-year-old youngest brother of a prominent anti-drug activist in the southern French city of Marseille in a possible warning over his campaigning, a prosecutor said on Friday. France’s second largest city is struggling to battle drug crime, with more than a dozen people killed since the start of the year in turf wars and other disputes linked to cocaine and cannabis dealing. Analysis by Joseph Downing, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at Aston University in Marseille.