In France's Marseille, teen stabbed 50 times then burned alive


MARSEILLE: The southern French city of Marseille was shaken this week by two apparently drug-related killings, including the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was "stabbed 50 times" and burned alive, prosecutors said on Sunday.

Marseille, France's second-largest city but also one of its poorest, is plagued by drug-related violence.

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