The ultra-right activist Loïk Le Priol, main suspect in the murder on March 19 in Paris of the former Argentinian international rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu, was indicted for "murder and possession of weapons" and imprisoned this Friday .

The 27-year-old former soldier and member of the ultra-right Groupe Union Défense (GUD) movement was arrested on the night of March 22 to 23 in Hungary.

He arrived Thursday evening in France and was placed in detention before being brought to justice on Friday.

He is notably suspected of having fired several shots at the 42-year-old ex-rugby player after an altercation in a bar in the sixth arrondissement of the capital, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district.

Risk of “reiteration”

Arrived at the Paris court on Friday morning, he was presented to the investigating judge in charge of the investigation, who notified him of his indictment for "murder".

A judge of freedoms and detention then ordered his placement in pre-trial detention.

The judge justified the detention "without surprise", in particular with regard to the "versions which must be confronted" between the suspects and the risk of "reiteration" because of a "course of violence".

Loïk Le Priol, brown hair combed to the side, black mustache, carefully reread his statements before greeting his two lawyers with a polite smile, at the end of the decision.

“My client does not wish to make more statements than those he made in the context of the proceedings before the judge,” said one of his lawyers, Mr. Xavier Nogueras, after the hearing.

The latter had called for a debate behind closed doors, believing that his client's family was undergoing "explicit death threats, in particular by people who claim to be from the Basque community, the far left and the ultraleft".

File S

"It's a real drama (...) he recognized it as such during his interrogation" by the judge, added Me Nogueras.

Loïk Le Priol is known for his radicalism and violence.

His anchorage to the ultra-right earned him to be "file S" by the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), sources familiar with the matter told AFP.

In this investigation, two other people were indicted and remanded in custody.

Close to Loïk Le Priol, Romain Bouvier, 31, was indicted for "murder" and two offenses related to the possession of weapons.

Suspected of having also shot Federico Martin Aramburu, he was imprisoned in the prison of Health in Paris.

A 24-year-old woman, presented as the girlfriend of Loïk Le Priol, was indicted for "complicity in murder".

She is suspected of having driven a vehicle belonging to the activist on the evening of the incident.

Loïk Le Priol and Romain Bouvier are due to appear in June before the Paris Criminal Court for "aggravated violence" against a member of the GUD, whom they are suspected of having beaten and humiliated with three other members.

Under judicial supervision in this case, they were prohibited from making contact.

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