Saturday March 19, 2022, the XV of France beat England and won the Six Nations Tournament, achieving its tenth Grand Slam in the process. The meeting was marked by the tribute paid to Federico Martin Aramburu, assassinated the same morning in Paris. New details of the former rugby player’s murder have come to light.
These details on the circumstances of the tragedy are provided by The Parisian. The daily explains that the death of Federico Martin Aramburu, in the early hours of Saturday March 19, 2022, followed an altercation with other customers (two men and a woman) of the bar The Mabillon, located at 164, Boulevard Saint-Germain, in the chic 6th arrondissement. The deceased was accompanied by his friend and associate, Shawn Hegarty, also a former professional rugby player.
“The rugby player would have pulled on the hood of a member of the other group who would have fallen. The bouncer separated the protagonists who were turned away“, explained a police officer to the Parisian. A witness adds that a man from the other group would have exhibited a gun during the brawl. Once out of the Mabillon, Federico Martin Aramburu and his friend Shawn go up Boulevard Saint-Germain, towards Saint-Michel. Arrived at number 146 boulevard, a blond man runs past Federico and Shawn, and a Jeep driven by a woman stops at their level. A new fight breaks out, “between the sportsman and another man“.
Five to six shots fired, Aramburu receives four bullets
“They fell in front of the Geox store. A third person got involved and the athlete was struggling with two opponents. It was at this moment that a shooter opened fire from the car. Then one of the brawlers also shoots the rugby player“said several witnesses, including a man who saw CCTV footage.
A total of five to six shots were fired. Federico Martin Aramburu received four bullets, one in the spine, a second in the neck, a third in the right thigh and the last in the left flank.