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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Jul 8, 2013 1:48:02 GMT
Brazil referee beheaded after stabbing player
Outraged fans storm football field and decapitate referee after he stabbed player to death.
Violent protests swept Brazil this month over massive spending for next year's World Cup
A football referee in Brazil was beheaded by a mob after he stabbed a player to death over his refusal to leave the field.
Police in northern Brazil said one man had been arrested after the incident during a local league match in the town of Pio XII.
Referee Octavio da Silva, 20, stabbed player Josenir dos Santos, 30, on June 30 after dos Santos got embroiled in a physical confrontation and refused to leave, police said. The amateur player died while being taken to hospital.
Outraged fans then stormed the field and stoned the referee before severing his head and putting it on a stake in the middle of the ground.
Almost 50,000 people were murdered in Brazil in 2010 and the country is under pressure to show it is a safe place to visit ahead of next year's World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games
Brazilians have taken to the streets this month in the biggest protests in 20 years, some violent, to protest the $14 billion being spent on the World Cup preparations and poor public services.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2013 14:01:17 GMT
Wow, our players get heated in Britain but I've never seen anything like that before!
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Post by sadie1263 on Jul 9, 2013 19:09:07 GMT
I just don't understand this at all. So many fights break out at these games!!! I think those countries where violence breaks out should be banned from having the games played there at all.
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Post by Big Lin on Jul 10, 2013 22:32:38 GMT
Well, Brazil is hosting the next World Cup!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 14:37:21 GMT
That does not sound good. I was never interested in football before and now even less so!
Seriously this is really inhuman awful stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 15:28:45 GMT
Well, Brazil is hosting the next World Cup! maybe they shouldnt be
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