{"id":557875,"date":"2020-07-13T10:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=557875"},"modified":"2020-07-13T10:03:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T14:03:51","slug":"serge-aurier-brother-of-tottenham-hotspur-defender-shot-dead-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/13\/serge-aurier-brother-of-tottenham-hotspur-defender-shot-dead-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Serge Aurier: Brother of Tottenham Hotspur Defender Shot Dead in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The younger brother of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/serge-aurier\/profil\/spieler\/127032\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serge Aurier<\/a> has died, the club have confirmed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-53388855\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a> report that Christian Aurier was shot dead outside a nightclub in the French city of Toulouse. He was found by emergency services with a gunshot wound to his stomach in an industrial area on the outskirts of the city.<\/p>\n<h2>Brother of Serge Aurier Shot Dead in Toulouse<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Club is deeply saddened to confirm media reports that Serge Aurier\u2019s brother passed away in the early hours of this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody at the Club sends their sincerest condolences to Serge and his family. Our thoughts are with them all. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NVw0v9OWCR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/NVw0v9OWCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1282609210656788480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Emergency services arrived at the scene at around 5am (3am GMT) this morning, television stations in France are reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Locals called the police when they found the victim lying on the ground with a stomach wound, and he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europe1.fr\/faits-divers\/le-frere-du-footballeur-serge-aurier-tue-par-balles-a-toulouse-3980726\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wounded by two gunshots<\/a> which were fired at the nightclub.<\/p>\n<h3>Christopher Aurier<\/h3>\n<p>Christopher, 26, was the younger brother of Tottenham defender Serge and had played for local football team Rodeo Toulouse who, last season, played in France&#8217;s fifth tier.<\/p>\n<p>He had previously turned out for Racing Club de Lens, Chantilly and Belgian side Rebecq.<\/p>\n<h3>Tottenham Supporting Serge<\/h3>\n<p>A statement on Tottenham&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1282609210656788480\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account said<\/a>: &#8220;The club is deeply saddened to confirm media reports that Serge Aurier&#8217;s brother passed away in the early hours of this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody at the club sends their sincerest condolences to Serge and his family. Our thoughts are with them all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are with you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Serge_aurier?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Serge_Aurier<\/a> \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jI0vHHqfy5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jI0vHHqfy5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpursOfficial\/status\/1282609750820229120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The thought of everyone at Last Word On Sports, and Last Word On Football, are with Serge Aurier and his family at this time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"US10zsCQSMVXTlbZRvsigw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1226594496\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'US10zsCQSMVXTlbZRvsigw',sig:'674DlZpoah0QDVylFYO8JzEayeXyi0x259AVvGuJXGs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1226594496',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The younger brother of Tottenham Hotspur defender Serge Aurier has died, the club have confirmed. 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