Coach [shot by referee] had questioned ref's ruling

Reuters via ESPN ^ | Monday, July 26, 2004

[newgeezer]

KENTON-ON-SEA, South Africa -- Police were searching Monday for a referee accused of fatally shooting a coach on the field in a dispute during a weekend soccer game.

Two players from the visiting Marcelle team were injured during the attack Saturday in the Eastern Cape coastal town of Kenton-on-Sea, police spokeswoman Mali Govender said. She declined to identify the suspect or the victims.

"The referee awarded a penalty against the visiting team during a friendly match and then players stormed the field," Govender said. "It looks as if the referee had the firearm on his person and fired at the players first before hitting the coach in the chest."

The coach from Ekuphumuleni died at the scene, she said. The referee fled.

One player was treated at the scene and a second was admitted to the hospital with a gunshot wound in the hand. He was listed in stable condition Monday.

South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates -- 47.4 murders per 100,000 people, or eight times the figure for that of the United States.

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was used in this report.

[newgeezer]

"South Africa has one of the world's highest murder rates -- 47.4 murders per 100,000 people, or eight times the figure for that of the United States."

Wow. Who'da thunk?

[martin_fierro]

That Nelson Mandela sure did a bang-up job.

[steplock]

Communism Rulez!

With total gun control too (if you're white, that is)

[The Old Hoosier]

We need soccer control.

[codyjacksmom]

Looks like this ref was sticking to his guns on that call!

[PA Engineer]

Was the game in sudden death overtime?

[gorush]

Back when I was a kid, they'd just throw you out of the game.

[ahadams2]

but..but...this can't happen - SA has strict gun control laws! /sarcasm

[blackie]

Damn ~ they take their games seriously. :)

[shaggy eel]

,,, Winchester - the last word in any argument. You can hire AK-47s by the day in South Africa, buy all the ammo you want and do something different... the stats seem to support that they do.

[blackie]

Ya can't have too much firepower. :)

I carry blued version of this S&W CS9:

[shaggy eel]

,,, pack it when you go to South Africa. You'll get a minimum of eight times the use out of it if you stay in line with statistics. Shooting television sets isn't what those handguns were made for - create your own stats!!! [LOL]

[ozzymandus]

But South Africa is now a black-ruled socialist paradise!

[blackie]

I haven't shot anything with it except targets ~ I have an old computer that I'm going to use for target practice very soon. :)

I'm off.

[DocRock]

I used to have a video titled The Shadow of the Sickle...

and then I find this image:



How to be a Good Communist by Nelson Mandela

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Martha Stewart: "And there's many other people that have gone to prison. Look at Nelson Mandela."

You can get a good look at Mandela *HERE*.

excerpt:

"After general thanks to "the people" and to his African National Congress (ANC), Mandela continued: "I salute the South African Communist Party for its steady contribution to the struggle for democracy. [snip]

Mandela also said, "I salute combatants of Umkonto We Sizwe [Spear of the Nation].... who have paid the ultimate price for freedom of all South Africans." No paper further identified Spear of the Nation, which was created jointly by the ANC and the SACP in 1961 to act as an armed terrorist group to foment insurrection. [snip]

CBS's Dan Rather immediately explained away what Mandela said, as if apologizing for the mention of the communists. [snip]

ABC did not tarnish Winnie Mandela's image by noting her zest for "neck lacing," in which ANC goons would bind or cut off the hands of blacks suspected of working with the government, drape tires filled with gasoline around their necks, and set them afire. On April 13, 1986, Winnie Mandela said, "Together, hand in hand, with our boxes of matches and our necklaces, we shall liberate this country." Some 172 "lynching by fire" occurred in three months that spring--all victims being blacks accused of displeasing the ANC.

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[cyborg]

Ahhhhhhh nice :)

[blackie]

It's a good shooter, too. :)