French PM sends more police to crime-ridden Marseille


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2013

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The French prime minister said on Tuesday he would step up policing in Marseille to stem a spate of killings by drug gangsters that is tainting the image of the country's second-largest city.

Jean-Marc Ayrault, flanked by his interior and justice ministers, said he would send in 130 extra riot police and 24 investigative officers this week after two more murders in recent days, one in front of a busy restaurant.

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