'Angry' Man Utd fan kills four in bus attack

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'Angry' Man Utd fan kills four in bus attack

A man "angered" by Manchester United's defeat to Barcelona in the final of the Champions League killed four people when he drove a minibus into a crowd celebrating the Spanish side's victory, police in Nigeria have told CNN. Ten people were also injured in the incident in the town of Ogbo, where the driver was subsequently arrested, a Port Harcourt Police spokesperson said. "He was displaying his anger at his team losing the match. The driver had passed the crowd then made a U-turn and ran into them," spokesperson Rita Inomey-Abbey said.
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City officials estimated the damage at up to 100,000 euros ($140,000) as the youths attacked police with bottles and damaged shops, parks and public utilities such as lamp-posts. The trouble took some of the gloss off the achievement of Barcelona, who became the first team to win the Champions League, Spanish League and Spanish Cup titles in one season. Manager Josep Guardiola led the club to glory in his first season in charge, ending a period of three years without a trophy.

:wtf2: I've heard of violence at soccer matches before, but this is ridiculous! People should not die because some buttheads team lost a title! :angryfire2: Perhaps there is more to the story, such as the perpetrator being drunk or schizophrenic. :irked:

Either way this is a truly tragic and horrible event that could have been prevented. :261: My condolences to the family and friends of the dead.
 

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Why the fuck are people in Nigeria supporting corporate-run mega-money football from Europe anyway? Let alone ripping each other to shreds over it...

BTW, remember the furore and civil unrest a few years ago resulting in 100 deaths caused by a Miss Nigeria entrant into Miss World? Sure Miss World is a distasteful kind of show but 100 deaths worth? Life is still pretty cheap in that country it seems.
 
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