Rugby player in the same club as Thomas killed in Crépol, Nicolas was shot dead Thursday evening in front of a nightclub. This could be a new “gratuitous collateral damage.”
The coincidence stunned beyond the region as the tragedy of Crépol had moved the country. Thursday evening, a 22-year-old rugby player from the Romans-Péage Rugby Club was shot in the head in front of a nightclub in a town in Ardèche, just outside Valence. He died from his injuries on Saturday. And this, almost a year after the death of Thomas, dismissed from the same rugby club, during a ball in Crépol, on the night of November 18 to 19, 2023. The various sources contacted by Le Figaro are unanimous: the two cases, as dramatic as they are, have no connection. Except for gratuitous violence.
A man with a masked face
The events took place around 2:30 a.m. in Saint-Péray, in front of the Le Seven nightclub. With the Crussol mountain in the background, the establishment welcomes young people from the Valence region and the three neighboring departments: Ardèche, Drôme and Isère, all in a friendly atmosphere. He doesn't talk about himself for business…
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