15-year-old ‘stabbed 50 times’, burned alive in Marseille
MARSEILLE : A 15-year-old boy was stabbed 50 times and burned alive this week in the southern French city of Marseille in an apparent case of drug-related violence, prosecutors said today. Speaking to reporters, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said the teenager was murdered on Wednesday, describing the case as one of unprecedented savagery .