Two days after the murder of Nicolas, 22, his loved ones mobilized. A white march will be held in Romans-sur-Isère, the town where the young Rugby player, killed at the entrance to an Ardèche nightclub, was from.
Two days after his murder, at the entrance to an Ardèche nightclub, a white march in tribute to Nicolas, 22, will be held in Romans-sur-Isère, the town where the young rugby player was from, we learned. Le Figaro from consistent sources. The procession will set off from the city center of Romans-sur-Isère, Wednesday November 6, passing through the Guillermoz stadium, where Nicolas used to play with his club, the Rugby Club Romanais Péageois (RCRP). The gathering will finally end at the Albert-Donnadieu stadium, the Drôme club’s training ground.
A place all the more symbolic as on November 22, 2023, a white march also ended at the Donnadieu stadium, in memory of Thomas, killed during a ball in Crépol. Thomas and Nicolas both attended the same club. However, the different sources contacted by the Figaro are unanimous: the two cases, as dramatic as they are, are not linked.
On the night of Thursday to Friday last, Nicolas was killed during a shooting carried out by a hooded individual, while he was waiting in front of a nightclub, located in Saint-Péray, in Ardèche. Hit in the head, Nicolas collapsed in front of his friends. Two suspects allegedly involved in the shooting were arrested this Monday evening, we learned Le Figaro. Their motive remains to be determined.
“Family destroyed”
“Our hearts are broken and our family devastated,” confides Gwladys Dumas, Nicolas’s mother, to Figaro . “We lost our pillar, and my children lost their protective big brother”she continues. “We are supported by our blood family, and our heart family, rugby”adds the mother, while an online pot has already been opened by the young man’s relatives to finance his funeral.
Invited on the set of “Points de Vue”, the mayor of Romans-sur-Isère, Marie-Hélène Thoraval confirmed that she was organizing a white march, at the request of the family.
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