Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Kenyan Fan commits suicide over Manchester United loss
According to police reports, a
Kenyan fan, John Mucharia unable to cope with Manchester United's loss to
Newcastle United committed suicide over the weekend. The 28-year-old fan
committed the act when he jumped from a multi-story building in Nairobi, Kenya.
This followed United's 1-0, their second home defeat in four days.
According to Nairobi’s County
Police Commander, Benson Kibui-"Macharia jumped from seventh floor of
an apartment at Pipeline Estate after realizing that his team Manchester United
lost 1-0 to Newcastle at Old Trafford and committed suicide,"
Kibui also encouraged football fans
to enjoy the experience of football rather than making decisions like taking
their own life-"The football fans should enjoy the matches... but they
should not commit suicide since life is very precious," Kibui added.
A similar incident occurred in 2009
when Arsenal fan, Suleiman Omondi was found hanging in his flat following
Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester United in the second leg of the Champions
League semi-finals.
Football is truly not worth dying
for, as a fan and a sports writer, I can agree that there are some emotions that
come with watching football, however, it should not go beyond the usual
screaming at your TV and maybe even howling insults at the players.
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