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Death of Martin Aramburu: the main suspect arrested in Hungary

2022-03-23T10:16:03.939Z


Loïk Le Priol, 27, a former soldier and member of the ultra-right GUD movement, is suspected of having shot the former player who died on the spot in the early morning of Saturday.


The main suspect in the death on Saturday in Paris of ex-rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu was arrested last night in Hungary, AFP learned from sources close to the case confirmed by the Paris prosecutor's office.

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The 27-year-old man, a former soldier and member of the far-right GUD movement, is suspected of having shot the ex-rugby player who died on the spot.

Another man, also active on the extreme right, who also allegedly fired, is still wanted.

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On Tuesday, a young woman, aged 24, suspected of having driven the car from which the two men allegedly shot the former Argentine international, was indicted for

"complicity in murder"

and placed in pre-trial detention.

A “dispute” between two groups

The facts took place around 6 a.m. boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, after a "

dispute

" between two groups of people at the bar Le Mabillon, police sources told AFP.

The groups were separated by bouncers, one of these sources added, but the suspects “

returned shortly afterwards with a vehicle and fired shots”

.

"

Several impacts"

of bullets were noted on the spot, added a source close to the investigation and the sportsman died on the spot as a result of his injuries.

The investigation is led by the criminal brigade.

Loïk Le Priol, known for his radicalism and violence, is due to appear next June for "aggravated violence" against a member of the GUD, whom he is suspected of having beaten up and humiliated with four other members of this ultra-violence movement. law.

Federico Martin Aramburu, born in 1980, former center or winger for Biarritz (2004-2006), Perpignan (2006-2008) or Dax (2008-2010), had 22 selections with Argentina.

The former three-quarter center or winger had notably started in the match for 3rd place in the 2007 World Cup, won by the Argentines against the Blues (34-17), meeting during which he had scored a try .

Since retiring from sport, he lived in Biarritz and worked for a tourism company.

The world of rugby paid him many tributes.

Through the voice of their lawyer Me Yann Le Bras, his relatives called to let the police work calmly.

For the family and his many friends, this March 19 turned into an absolute nightmare.

This heinous crime and his death leave each of them and beyond the whole world of rugby stunned in unspeakable pain

,” he wrote in a message sent to AFP on Sunday.

Source: lefigaro

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