Young Rugby player killed in Ardèche: a second person arrested

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A second arrest took place in the south of France, in Cavaillon (Vaucluse) in connection with the murder of a young rugby player in front of a nightclub in Ardèche, a police source told AFP on Tuesday, confirming information from the local press.

This arrest took place on Monday, like that of another 19-year-old man, of Italian nationality, arrested in Marseille, at a deal point in a housing estate in the north of the city, according to the police.

According to a source close to the case, the man arrested in Cavaillon is suspected of being the Saint-Péray shooter, and the man arrested in Marseille the driver.

White march Wednesday

The murder of young Nicolas, a year after that of young Thomas, killed during a ball in Crépol (Drôme), was particularly emotional in their joint rugby club, the Rugby Club Romans-Péage, which announced on Monday that it was organizing a march white in his honor on Wednesday.

Around 2:55 a.m. Friday, a hooded individual dressed in black fired several shots in the direction of the queue at the Le Seven nightclub in Saint-Péray where nearly 800 people, many of whom also dressed in black, were participating in a Halloween evening.

Nicolas, injured in the head, was transported in absolute emergency to the Valence hospital center, with a life-threatening condition, before dying on Saturday.

A customer and a security guard at the establishment, also near the queue, suffered minor leg injuries.

His name was Thomas and he was 16 years old.