Iraqi soccer player shot dead while attempting goal

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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.





Dont know why but I keep thinkin bout that Buffalo Wild Wings commercial when dude says'"Send it into overtime."

Muhf-ckas is serious about their futbol!
 
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WTF WTF WTF WTF


Report: Iraqi soccer goalie, 18, shot to death


Once again, tragedy has struck Iraqi soccer. During victory celebrations following a match on Saturday between the Shiite villages of Sinjar and Enana, a fan accidentally shot the victorious goalie to death, the police in Babil Province said Monday, according to a report in The New York Times.

During the celebrations, an off-duty policeman started firing his pistol in the air but lost control of it, the police said, according to the Times. A bullet struck the Sinjar goalie, an 18-year-old high school senior named Mohammed Amin, in the head, killing him instantly, the paper reported.

There was no indication of foul play; the policeman was himself a Sinjar fan. Sinjar had won the game 2-1.

The officer, Jawad Kadham, 28, has been charged with recklessly discharging an official weapon and with negligent homicide, according to the report. He remains in custody.

The family of the goalie is demanding so-called blood money from the policeman, the police said, according to the report.

Word of the incident comes two days after an Iraqi soccer player was shot dead by a fan just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal. It appears the two shootings occurred on the same day.
 
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