Three armed gunmen entered the bar and shot everyone present in the head, with the sole survivor being the owner's wife Nicole Léoni, who was in another room.
[2] Police believed the attack to have been part of a gang war between rival organised crime gangsters led by Tony Zampa and opposing Jack le Mat.
[citation needed] The killings were compared to the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in the United States.
[3] Pierre Michel, the investigative judge in charge of the case, was himself shot dead on 21 October 1981.
[4] The case was still ongoing when Michel was killed and so far remains unsolved, as nobody has ever been convicted for the massacre.