Teen stabbed 50 times and burned alive in drug-related attack in Marseille: report

A drug-related violence turned deadly southern French city from Marseilles This week, a 15-year-old was “stabbed 50 times” and burned alive, prosecutors said Sunday.

Speaking to reporters, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said the teenager was murdered on Wednesday, describing the case as one of “unprecedented cruelty,” Agence France Presse reported.