Referee beheaded after killing player July 6, 2013 Recommend11K Tweet534 Email Print By ESPN staff An amateur football match in Brazil led to two deaths as a referee was beheaded by spectators after he had stabbed a player. The shocking incidents occurred in Maranhao, Brazil, last Sunday. According to reports, referee Otavio Jordao da Silva fatally stabbed footballer Josenir dos Santos Abreu. Dos Santos Abreu is believed to have struck the referee after questioning a decision. In retaliation, Jordao da Silva stabbed the player. Having witnessed the incident, an outraged group of spectators turned on the referee. He was tied up, beaten, stoned and quartered. They then put his head on a stake and planted it in the middle of the pitch. One man, Luiz Moraes de Souza, 27, has been arrested over the incide
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 21:01:54 +0000
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