Police interview family as unidentified bodies recovered from burned car in Marseille tunnel
Investigators questioned Ouassila in Marseille after two charred bodies were found in a burnt vehicle in a tunnel near Pennes-Mirabeau, with rumors linking one victim to a man named Brahim.
On the morning of 30 December 2020, police officers took a statement from 53-year-old Ouassila in Marseille following the discovery of two unidentified, calcined bodies inside a car that had been set ablaze in a tunnel beneath the A7 highway near Pennes-Mirabeau. The victims have not been identified, but a persistent rumor in the city suggests that one of them could be a man named Brahim, who was described by his family as unusually kind in the days before the incident. Ouassila recalled Brahim saying he loved everyone and seemed to sense an impending departure. The investigation continues.
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