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Football Match Ends In Bloodshed As Referee Kills Player by Iseddy: 4:36pm On Mar 10, 2018 |
A referee is facing murder charges after football players allegedly forced him to kill a member of the opposing team in southern Malawi, police said Friday. The referee was overseeing a football match between two local teams, Billiat FC and Chilengo FC, in the town of Thyolo on Wednesday, when Chilengo FC players refused to accept the referee’s decision to invalidate a goal, district police spokesman Benjamin Foster told dpa.In the ensuing scuffle, the referee fled to a nearby house, which the players lit to smoke him out, according to Foster. Sources : punchng.com When the referee ran out of the burning building, the players forced him to smack a Billiat FC player repeatedly with a stick, the spokesman said. The player later died of his injuries in hospital, added Foster. “The referee turned himself over … He is facing murder charges,” he said. |
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