A source in the French police said that Christopher Uriet, brother of Ivory Serge, the player of Tottenham Hotspur football club, was shot dead early Monday in the French city of Toulouse.
The source said that the paramedics had reached the place of shooting in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city in the south of the country, around five in the morning, to find Urieh with a gunshot wound to his stomach.
A source close to the investigation stated that the shooter had fled.
The 26-year-old Christopher was taken to the University Medical Hospital in Toulouse, where he died, according to a medical source.
And Christopher is the younger brother of Serge, the international player who is currently defending the colors of Tottenham and has previously defended the colors of Paris Saint-Germain.
In a statement, the London club expressed its support to the player "at this difficult time, and we demand respect for the privacy of the player and his family."
Christopher Orih was playing football with the amateur club Toulouse Rodeo.
The two brothers grew up in the ranks of French Lens.

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