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The affair caused astonishment and fueled debates at the highest levels of the State. On the night of October 28 to 29, 2024, between 2 and 3 a.m., the cars personal of two US Colomiers Football educators had been destroyed by fire, an hour apart, in two separate communes of Haute-Garonne.

“Evacuated in the middle of the night with his children”

Fires includingcriminal origin left little room for doubt, and whose consequences could have been much more dramatic.

Technical director of the Columérin club, Patrice Maurel was then indignant: “the garage caught fire. Fortunately, he noticed it. It must have been evacuated in the middle of the night with his four childrenincluding a newborn. Do you realize? “.

Common point between the two men: coaching the team of under 11 (U11) from US Colomiers. An elite club, which has 793 members, and aims for nothing less than excellence.

Three men in police custody

The Occitanie League and the District of Haute-Garonne footballers had shown their support by “associating themselves with the anger of the club (…). Football is a game and must remain a game. It cannot tolerate such acts of violence.” Following this trauma, US Colomiers’ matches were suspended for ten days, with the club asserting its “right of withdrawal”.

This Wednesday, December 18, 2024, La Dépêche du Midi reveals that three men were placed in police custody the day before in the premises of the PJ of Toulouse, whatToulouse News is able to confirm. The arrests took place in Colomiers and at least in one other municipality. Among them would be the father of a young player. According to our sources, the trio was to be brought before the courts this evening, with a view to indictment.

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