One man has been arrested on suspicion of decapitating a referee at an amateur football match in Brazil.
The referee was supposedly quartered and then had his head cut off before it was stuck on a stake.
This shocking act of violence was in retaliation after he 'stabbed' one of the players on the pitch in the Pius XII stadium, Maranhao. According to the Mirror, the incident occurred when referee Octavio da Silva Catanhede Jordan, allegedly carrying a knife, stabbed player Josenir dos Santos Abreu during a match , after Abreu refused to leave the field even after being sent off and instead started insulting Jordan.
The referee is said to have been carrying a knife and he stabbed the player several times.
Fans - believed to be friends or relatives of the player - ran onto the field and stoned the referee to death.
The report further said that after the stabbing, enraged spectators reportedly ran onto the pitch, tied up Jordan and stoned him to death, before quartering and finally decapitating him, adding that it is also alleged that Jordan's head was impaled on a stake and then planted in the middle of the pitch.
The report also said that although Abreu was taken to the hospital, he, however, died of his injuries.
Brazilian police chief Valter Costa said: 'Reports of witnesses have indicated some people that were in place at the time of the fact. We will identify and hold accountable all those involved.
'A crime will never justify another. Actions like this do not collaborate with the legality of a state law.'
This very scary. And I was thinking of becoming a referee.
ReplyDeleteScary and disgusting.
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