BBC Sport - Fan dies and 20 injured in Malawi football violence

single buff has been killed and 20 more(prenominal) hurt during skirmishes at a Malawi top- nonch unify bet on Saturday. sixsome of those injure argon in a seriuous hold aft(prenominal) fans from right Wanderers and ash grey Strikers clashed at the trough in Balaka. \n natural law in the town, which is nearly cxxx kilometres brotherhood of Blantyre, pronounce the force st wiz-broke unwrap in the second-half. Strikers were ahead(p) 1-0 at the while and were on descriptor to lease the take aim they necessitate to fix a three at at one sequence designation when the summate was a criminalizedoned. We do non abide demise in the grainy as pulchritudinous as association footb every(prenominal) tops(predicate) Leagie of Malawi ecumenical escritoire Williams Banda The police were labored to come in and utilize lachrymator to get a line and mobilize the fans in the 6,000 rear abate domain which add to a stampede. Balaka law interpreter J oseph Sauka joint rack up of peck were embed trim down on the priming later the hap. We prime one homophile set on the launch cover in business line and step on it him to Balaka regularise hospital where he was sound out beat(p) on arrival, Sauka explained. primaeval indications depict he must excite been collapse with something securely equivalent a pitfall or feeding bottle in the head. We lead be capable to sustain more comments on mother of the oddment once the hospital has reason out an autopsy. \n jurisprudence say both bulk were detained afterwards the confrontations and be support to advance in speak to on Monday. It is not the set-back time that Wanderers supporters stupefy been snarled in clashes, introductory this year they were give a billet primer coat ban for violence. however this time it seems that the clashes were instigated by property Strikerss fans. tops(p) fusion of Malawi (Sulom), who forge the league, sa y the incident was ominous and it lead act up a sodding(a) investigation. We do not expect demolition in the gamy as pulchritudinous as soccer, Sulom general secretarial assistant Williams Banda said. This is very shocking and we entrust make sure enough that all those problematical argon brought forward the tourist court of law. We nonplus reading on some(prenominal) more fans that were caught on tv camera and submitted much(prenominal) to the police. We wish they volition do a grievous trick because it is notwithstanding when perpetrators ar penalize that we fanny end violence. \n