Player Killed , Referee Beheaded During Soccer Match In Brazil
A soccer referee was
beheaded and his head
displayed atop a wooden
stake at midfield after a
match erupted in
violence in Brazil. The bloody brouhaha began
when the match's referee,
Otávio Jordan da Silva de
Catanhede, became
embroiled in an argument
with player Linda dos Santos Abreu over a disputed call
during a game in the town
of Pius XII. The argument reportedly
ended with Jordan ejecting
Abreu. Following the
player's ejection from the
game, Abreu and Jordan
began to fight. During which, Jordan produced a small
knife and stabbed Abreu, 31,
who reportedly died of his
injuries en route to a local
hospital. Friends and family of the
deceased subsequently
rushed the field, tied up
Jordan, 20, fatally stoned
him, quartered his body, and
then, according to the Associated Press, which cited
local media accounts of the
murder, staked the referee's
head at midfield of the soccer
pitch. The killings occurred during
an amateur game last
Sunday, June 30, in
Maranhão, a state in Brazil's
northeast that is west of
Recife. Brazilian authorities have
reportedly arrested Luis
Matias de Sousa, 27, and are
now seeking two other
suspects — Francisco Matias
de Sousa and Douglas Edson de Sousa — who Matias
fingered as accomplices in the
bloodshed. "Witness Reports have
already indicated some
people that were (there) at
the time. We will identify
and blame all involved,"
senior law enforcement officer Valter Costa said. "A
crime will never justify the
other. Actions like this do
not collaborate with the
legality of a rule of law."
beheaded and his head
displayed atop a wooden
stake at midfield after a
match erupted in
violence in Brazil. The bloody brouhaha began
when the match's referee,
Otávio Jordan da Silva de
Catanhede, became
embroiled in an argument
with player Linda dos Santos Abreu over a disputed call
during a game in the town
of Pius XII. The argument reportedly
ended with Jordan ejecting
Abreu. Following the
player's ejection from the
game, Abreu and Jordan
began to fight. During which, Jordan produced a small
knife and stabbed Abreu, 31,
who reportedly died of his
injuries en route to a local
hospital. Friends and family of the
deceased subsequently
rushed the field, tied up
Jordan, 20, fatally stoned
him, quartered his body, and
then, according to the Associated Press, which cited
local media accounts of the
murder, staked the referee's
head at midfield of the soccer
pitch. The killings occurred during
an amateur game last
Sunday, June 30, in
Maranhão, a state in Brazil's
northeast that is west of
Recife. Brazilian authorities have
reportedly arrested Luis
Matias de Sousa, 27, and are
now seeking two other
suspects — Francisco Matias
de Sousa and Douglas Edson de Sousa — who Matias
fingered as accomplices in the
bloodshed. "Witness Reports have
already indicated some
people that were (there) at
the time. We will identify
and blame all involved,"
senior law enforcement officer Valter Costa said. "A
crime will never justify the
other. Actions like this do
not collaborate with the
legality of a rule of law."
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