UPDATE 1-Soccer-Brother of Tottenham's Aurier shot dead in France
13 Jul 2020 / 17:48 H.
(Changes attribution, updates with club statement)
PARIS, July 13 (Reuters) - The brother of Tottenham Hotspur's Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier has been shot dead in France, the Premier League club said on Monday.
The brother, Christopher Aurier, was shot at a nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning in the southern French city of Toulouse, according to La Depeche, a French media outlet.
The suspected gunman fled the scene and is being sought by police, according to a French police source.
Serge Aurier, who is 27, joined Spurs in 2017 from French club Paris St-Germain.
In a message posted on Twitter, Tottenham said: "Everybody at the club sends their sincerest condolences to Serge and his family. Our thoughts are with them all." (Reporting by Christian Lowe; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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