A fan of English football team Liverpool was stabbed to death, allegedly by an Arsenal supporter, as they watched the match on TV at a bar in Meru on Saturday.
Liverpool hammered Arsenal
five goals to one in an upset that sparked a fierce argument between two
fans watching the game at Marete’s Bar in Makutano area.
Anthony Muteithia, the Liverpool supporter, was stabbed and died while being treated.
Area police boss Tom Odero said confirmed the incident, but said police were yet to establish the motive behind the attack.
Witnesses, however, said the argument was sparked by the game they had been watching.
Mr Odero said Muteithia died while undergoing treatment at the Meru Level Five Hospital.
“The
assailant managed to escape but wananchi brought a motorbike he was
seen riding on. We have launched a manhunt for him,” he said. The
motorcycle was being held at the Meru police station.
On
December 8, last year, a young man believed to be a Manchester United
fan committed suicide in Nairobi’s Pipeline estate after the team lost
1-0 to New Castle.
Jimmy Macharia, 23, is said to have jumped from the seventh floor of a building after learning that his team had lost the match.
And
in May 2012, an Arsenal fan, Suleiman Alfonso Omondi, 29, committed
suicide after his team lost. His body was found dangling from a rope in
his house in the Pipeline estate, Nairobi.
Daily Nation, Daily Mail
Daily Nation, Daily Mail
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