Former Argentina international Federico Martin Aramburu was gunned down in Paris on Saturday
Former Argentina international rugby player Federico Martin Aramburu, 42, has died after being shot in a drive-by shooting in Paris early on Saturday, reports in France have said.
Aramburu, who earned 22 international caps and played in the famous Argentina side who captured the imagination of rugby fans by reaching the semifinals of the 2007 World Cup in France, was killed after becoming involved in a heated verbal altercation with a group of men at a bar in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to L’Equipe.
The men in question are understood to have returned to the scene at Boulevard Saint-Germain shortly afterwards in a car and shot Aramburu to death.
A murder investigation has been opened by the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, with police understood to be searching for three suspects.
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Aramburu played his club rugby at Biarritz, Perpignan, Dax and Glasgow before retiring from the sport after a brief spell with a team in his native Argentina in 2012. He scored 40 points during his five-year international career with the Pumas.
Argentina beat Scotland in the quarterfinals of the 2007 tournament and were only knocked out by eventual champions South Africa in the final four.