Iraqi shot dead attempting goal (1 Viewer)

[Vinny Del Pogba]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=628629&sec=world&cc=5901

BAGHDAD -- Police say an Iraqi soccer player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.

Police Maj. Muthanna Khalid says a striker from the Buhairat amateur team was facing only the goalie during a Sunday match in Hillah when a supporter of the rival Sinjar club shot him in the head in the final minute of play.

Sinjar was leading 1-0 when the shooting occurred. Khalid said a spectator was arrested.

More Iraqis are turning out for sports events now that security is improving. Major matches in Baghdad are heavily guarded but security in amateur games in smaller cities is often lax.

 

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[Azzurri7]

Oh man, I heard something about this but didn't know exactly what happened. Sad, just sad.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

Yea, that's terrible. It's hard to imagine murdering someone over a game, and an amateur one at that.

 

[Red]

Very sad.

Could the Iraqis not do the civilsed thing and wait until after the event like the Columbians did?

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

I remember the Columbian incident. That was after the World Cup held in the US, right?

 

[JCK]

That's just sad.

 

[HelterSkelter]

I remember the Columbian incident. That was after the World Cup held in the US, right?

Yes.When Escobar got home.

 

[Fred]

Can't opposition fans do the same to CR7? Just musing.



Sad what happened to the Iraqi player.

 

[Snoop]

This is moronic. Are these idiots aware that with actions like these, they keep screwing Iraq's image worse day by day? I wonder what is the punishment of this idiotic action..

 

[Yamen]

Horrific news.

 

[king Ale]

This is moronic. Are these idiots aware that with actions like these, they keep screwing Iraq's image worse day by day? I wonder what is the punishment of this idiotic action..

What image you're exactly talking about?

As for the punishment, the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at Bush sentenced to three years in jail so I see a one-two years imprisonment coming for this one

 

[Hambon]

An eye for an eye... they should execute the ass that pulled the trigger...

 

[Seven]

An eye for an eye... they should execute the ass that pulled the trigger...

Ah, another savage.

 

[Hambon]

ARRAAAGHH You know dis... what do you propose they do to the individual (ass)?

 

[Seven]

I don't really have enough information to judge here. If he shot him because he was about to score, he's obviously mad and should be sent to a mental institution.

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

I don't really have enough information to judge here. If he shot him because he was about to score, he's obviously mad and should be sent to a mental institution.

I don't think that alone makes him insane, at least not insane enough to not be aware of his actions.

 

[Azzurri7]

It's not about Football obviously.

 

[Seven]

I don't think that alone makes him insane, at least not insane enough to not be aware of his actions.

Of course that makes him insane enough.

 

[Fred]

yup, its definitely not about football.

Everyone knows what Iraq is like now, of course its not about football.

 

[Red]

It's not about Football obviously.

Why wait until he was about to score, then?

Of course that makes him insane enough.

Going by common sense: yes.

Legally: not necessarily.