Fugitive Gunman Sentenced to 15 Years for Besançon Shooting, Linked to Dijon Murder

Already known to the justice system and subject to four arrest warrants, this Franco-Moroccan is also the main suspect in the murder of a family man in Dijon in November 2023, killed in his sleep by a stray bullet during shots aimed at a drug dealing spot.

The man had actually been arrested in January in Morocco. But the extradition requested by France failed. The prosecutor of Besançon, Étienne Manteaux, explained this Friday that El Asraoui "claimed his dual nationality and the Moroccan authorities, who do not extradite their nationals, eventually released him." He was thus able to slip through the net of French justice.

Faced with this impasse, the prosecutor attempted to have the fugitive tried in Morocco for his crimes committed in France via "a spontaneous transmission of information." A step that has remained unanswered to date, leaving Sahbi El Asraoui out of reach of French justice. At least for now.