Trial of triple drug-related murder near Marseille: the 'Butcher' describes dismemberment of victim
Before the Bouches-du-Rhône assize court, Malik Kariba recounted the dismemberment of a victim during the triple murder in December 2020. The accused presents himself as a mere executor.
Chilling admissions from the witness stand: the 'Butcher' recounts the night of dismemberment
Before the Bouches-du-Rhône assize court, one of the accused in the triple drug-related murder committed in December 2020 near Marseille has given a striking testimony about the fate of one of the victims. According to lefigaro.fr, Malik Kariba described in detail the dismemberment of a body using a butcher's knife — an account that chilled the atmosphere in the courtroom.
Kariba, visibly nervous at the witness stand, retraced the events of a December 2020 night. Incarcerated from the age of 13, he had just been released from detention when the facts occurred, returning to his neighbourhood of Air Bel, in the eastern districts of Marseille. It was there that his "older cousin", a figure in the local drug trafficking network, had initiated him to drug trafficking from childhood.
Out of school from a young age and illiterate, Kariba notably occupied the role of "nanny" — a keeper of packages and weapons — without, he claims, examining the contents. "I can keep packages, weapons, but I don't look at the sachets handed to me: it's forbidden," he declared from the witness stand.
That evening, a car arrived with a macabre delivery. Kariba recognised Ahmed Zakaria Bensaci at its wheel, an old acquaintance he had met in juvenile detention. It was in this context that the dismemberment of a victim supposedly took place, according to the accused's account.
The trial concerns notably the death of Brahim Chabane, older brother of Amine Kessaci, killed during the triple assassination. Kariba presents himself as a mere "executor", denying any personal initiative in the acts he is charged with. This line of defence, repeated throughout his hearing, did not dispel the tension in the assize court.
The case, described as a drug-related murder — murder commissioned as part of drug trafficking — illustrates the extreme violence that marked the northern and eastern districts of Marseille during this period. The trial continues before the Bouches-du-Rhône assize court.
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