Pogue Mahone
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This just defies belief..http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/...e-beheaded-fans-killing-player-084120459.html
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Horrific scenes in Brazil
- Thread starter Pogue Mahone
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Brighton & Hove Albion
that is horrific, you are right in that it sounds so unbelievable!
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
The barely believable incident happened in Maranhao, Brazil, last Sunday.
According to reports in Brazil, referee Otavio Jordao da Silva (20) fatally stabbed footballer Josenir dos Santos Abreu (30) during a heated moment of a match.
Santos Abreu is believed to have argued and then struck the referee after being unhappy with a decision.
It is believed the referee was carrying a knife throughout the match and fatally stabbed the player in retaliation.
Santos Abreu was rushed to hospital but died from injuries on the way.
Outraged by the incident, some spectators then apparently decided to inflict a gruesome revenge on the referee.
According to reports, the referee was tied up, beaten, stoned and quartered. They then put his head on a stake and planted it in the middle of the pitch.
One man, Luiz Moraes de Souza, 27, has been arrested over the incident. He has admitted to assaulting the referee but denied killing the man. Police are searching for two more suspects.
They are currently viewing video footage of the incident filmed by a witness with a mobile phone.
In a statement, the regional delegate of Santa Ines, Valter Costa, who is looking after the case, said: "One crime never justifies another crime. Actions likes this do not collaborate with the legality of state law."
Wowzers !
According to reports in Brazil, referee Otavio Jordao da Silva (20) fatally stabbed footballer Josenir dos Santos Abreu (30) during a heated moment of a match.
Santos Abreu is believed to have argued and then struck the referee after being unhappy with a decision.
It is believed the referee was carrying a knife throughout the match and fatally stabbed the player in retaliation.
Santos Abreu was rushed to hospital but died from injuries on the way.
Outraged by the incident, some spectators then apparently decided to inflict a gruesome revenge on the referee.
According to reports, the referee was tied up, beaten, stoned and quartered. They then put his head on a stake and planted it in the middle of the pitch.
One man, Luiz Moraes de Souza, 27, has been arrested over the incident. He has admitted to assaulting the referee but denied killing the man. Police are searching for two more suspects.
They are currently viewing video footage of the incident filmed by a witness with a mobile phone.
In a statement, the regional delegate of Santa Ines, Valter Costa, who is looking after the case, said: "One crime never justifies another crime. Actions likes this do not collaborate with the legality of state law."
Wowzers !
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
if proven FIFA will still go ahead with the world cup there
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I doubt FIFA even with their many inadequacies will use refs that carry knives and kill players. I'm not saying I agree with the aftermath but it wasn't unprovoked
Pogue Mahone
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No, it wasn't unprovoked. I'd suggest that killing a player was probably going too far, and that a red card would have been more suitable punishment.
But still, what followed, how could anyone get involved in something like that?
GingerBeerMan
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Footsoldier
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FIFA would go ahead with any competition even it was in a war zone apart from England.
Goring-by-Seagull
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Ban football!
beorhthelm
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a 20yo ref 
sounds like thugs that happen to be playing football, dont think we need to call on FIFA to abandon the WC.
sounds like thugs that happen to be playing football, dont think we need to call on FIFA to abandon the WC.
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Tis but a twizzle to the shit that is gonna go down in Qatar
Southern Scouse
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Having listened to the original version in Portuguese it is slightly different. One player attacked another and grabbed him around the neck literally trying to twist it off. The ref, who was described as a little guy blew his whistle to stop play. The offending player then attacked the ref kicking him to the ground. The ref then ran away to his house nearby and got a knife, returned to the pitch and stabbed the player in revenge. Then the rest of the village who had been watching got hold of the guy and the rest is as reported.
Obviously does not excuse anything that went on but is not the same as reported, ie, carrying a knife during the game.
Obviously does not excuse anything that went on but is not the same as reported, ie, carrying a knife during the game.
Pavilionaire
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And we thought Ron Challis was bad...
glasfryn
cleaning up cat sick
I seem to remember a long time ago some guy in Argentina riding on to the pitch on a horse and shooting the ref dead
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Probably related to Craig Pawson
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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Just waiting for Gus to appear on Eurosport backing the players involved and blaming it on the cultural differences between South America and the rest of the world.
Robot Chicken
Seriously?
I've seen the video of the dead referee and it's rather graphic.
It's on LiveLeak but I won't be posting the link here.
It's on LiveLeak but I won't be posting the link here.
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