Assassination of ex-rugby player Martin Aramburu: what we know about the main suspect

Gwladys Laffitte, edited by Gauthier Delomez 07:05, March 22, 2022

Who killed ex-Argentine rugby international Federico Martin Aramburu on Saturday in Paris?

The former top athlete died in the early morning after an altercation in a Parisian night bar, and one of the three people actively sought by the police was taken into custody on Saturday evening.

This could lead to an indictment in the investigation opened for assassination by the Paris prosecutor's office.

It is a young woman, suspected of having been present on the evening of the events, and of being close to the main suspect, a far-right activist.

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A young man well known to the police

The main suspect is a 27-year-old young man, already well known to the police and the justice system since he has been convicted four times, mainly for violence.

He must also be tried in June with four other ex-members of the GUD, a disbanded far-right group.

This is a case of settling of accounts between activists in 2015. One of them was beaten up, humiliated in an extremely violent way by his ex-comrades, including the man currently wanted.

At the time, the main suspect in the murder of the ex-rugby player had filmed the scene, dealt blows.

In one of the videos, we also heard him boast of having "stopped more than one guy".

Former soldier suffering from a post-traumatic pathology

The 27-year-old man is a former soldier who served in Djibouti, in the Navy, before being repatriated seven years ago after the appearance of a post-traumatic pathology.

He is described as hyperviolent by a connoisseur of the procedure.

A procedure in which the young man was released on bail and placed under judicial supervision.

He was banned from appearing in Île-de-France.