Brazilian referee beheaded after killing player

An amateur football match in Brazil led to two murders as a referee was beheaded by spectators after he had stabbed a player.

The shocking incidents occurred in Maranhao, Brazil, last Sunday. According to reports, referee Otavio Jordao da Silva fatally stabbed footballer Josenir dos Santos Abreu.

Dos Santos Abreu is believed to have struck the referee after questioning a decision. In retaliation, Jordao da Silva fatally stabbed the player.

Having witnessed the incident, an outraged group of spectators turned on the referee. He was tied up, beaten, stoned and quartered. They then put his head on a stake and planted it in the middle of the pitch.

One man, Luiz Moraes de Souza, 27, has been arrested over the incident. Police are searching for two more suspects.

Valter Costa is handling the case and, in a statement, he said: "One crime never justifies another crime. Actions likes this do not collaborate with the legality of state law."

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Alan said:

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1492969/referee-beheaded-killing-player-brazil?cc=3888

:wtf:

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KalMaverick said:

TIA... Oh wait...

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On February 20, 1999, in Hartbeesfontein (around 110 miles to the south-west of Johannesburg), referee Lebogang Petrus Mokgethi, 34, shot and killed a player during a match between Hartbeesfontein Wallabies and Try Agains. According to police, when the Try Agains scored to cut the Wallabies' lead to 2-1, Hartbeesfontein fans ran on to the field to protest (the game was believed to have been the subject of heavy unlicensed betting).

Amid the commotion, the Wallabies' 20-year-old captain Isaac Mkhwetha left the field to get a knife, while Mokgethi grabbed his licensed 9mm pistol from a friend in the crowd. According to witnesses, Mkhwetha lunged at Mokgethi with the knife, who responded by shooting the player in the chest. Mkhwetha died shortly afterwards. Mokgethi was released on bail after a court appearance where he pleaded not guilty to causing Mkhwetha's death. We're not sure what happened after that though - if you know the outcome of the trial, you know where to email...

Even more recently - in July 2004 - another official reacted badly to criticism, as this Guardian account recalls. "A yellow card awarded to a player during a match between two local teams in Kenton-on-Sea in Eastern Cape province prompted protests from the coach and team. The coach of Marcelle club was hit in the chest and died on the pitch and two players were hit in their hands by the same bullet, according to the South African Press Association.

"'There was an altercation and the referee became threatened when the other team approached him because they were angry,' said Inspector Mali Govender of Grahamstown police. 'So he pulled out a gun and killed the coach of the visiting team.' The unnamed referee fled the scene but police were confident he would soon be caught and face one charge of murder and two cases of attempted murder."

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eehellfire said:

Jeeeeeez.
Sounds like a scene from Game of Thrones

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