Claims that Cameroonian footballer Albert Ebosse could have been killed in a dressing room attack were dismissed by Algeria on Tuesday. The idea of a premeditated act could be ruled out, sports minister Mohamed Tahmi said. Ebosse, 25, died on August 23 after his club JS Kabylie lost 2-1 at home to USM Algiers. The official Algerian version holds that Ebosse died in hospital from head injuries sustained as he left the pitch under a hail of objects thrown from the stands by angry fans. He was apparently struck on the head by a sharp projectile, the official report said. But a second autopsy by a Cameroonian pathologist, carried out at the familys request, refuted the official findings and declared that the player had died as the result of a brutal post-match beating, probably in a dressing room attack. We are in possession of a report which points to involuntary homicide. All the players present that day were targeted by missiles. The hypothesis of a premeditated act is therefore to be discounted, the minister, himself a doctor, told Algerian radio. The matter is currently in the hands of the courts, who will apportion blame.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:41:35 +0000