Police believed the attack to have been part of a gang war between rival organised crime gangsters led by Tany Zampa and opposing Jack le Mat . The killings were compared to the Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre in the United States . Pierre Michel , the investigative judge in charge of the case , was himself shot dead on 21 October 1981 . François Cecchi and François Girard , both gangsters of the ' French Sicilian Connection ' , were imprisoned for life for Michel 's assassination
Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Marseille bar massacre