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Soldier killed at football game

Jul 20, 2008
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From correspondents in Moroni Article from: Agence France-Presse A SOLDIER was bludgeoned and stabbed to death when violence broke out at a village football match, Comoros police said. "Sergeant Abdou Salam Oussein died after being clubbed, stoned and stabbed,'' police chief Mohamed Yahaya Chigou said. "He was killed after a battle which followed a match between two village football teams.'' The drawn match between the Mde and Vounouni teams took place on Saturday, 3km from the capital Moroni. Three people have been arrested in connection with... [read full story]                    

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