What the records say
- When
- 1978
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 10
- Coordinates
- 43.33° N, 5.38° E
- Description
- 1978 Shooting in Marseille, France
- Injured
- 1
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Bar du Téléphone massacre
1978 Shooting in Marseille, France
The Bar du Téléphone massacre also known as the Saint Gérard Massacre occurred on 3 October 1978 in Le Canet, Marseille, France. Three gunmen entered a bar and shot everyone present in the head, with the sole survivor being the owner's wife Nicole Léoni, who was in another room. The massacre was largely taken up by the French press at the time.
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- Wikidata: shootings and murdersWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “tuerie du Bar du Téléphone à Marseille”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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