I don't even know where to go with that. Sounds like something from 14th century Europe. This is where I want to make a snippy comment about Brazil and South America but I won't because I like posting on this forum. I'll probably stay away from this thread after this because I really can't see anything good coming from it.
That is horrible. My question is what the heck did the referee stab the player with? Did he carry a knife or something with him during the match?
Sounds like it. Not the first time we've heard stories of a referee being armed. More than a few reports of refs carrying guns. too. (You never know what those spectators in Leomonster are carrying. )
When I got to the part of the article about the head being put at midfield, I began to suspect that this might be a hoax. Too many things don't add up about the events. If this happened on Sunday, why did it finally become a news story 5 days later? There is a video link that Deadspin claims is the body of the referee where even the arms and legs are severed. People casually carrying around limbs in the video seems a little odd to me or maybe I've been watching way too many crime shows on TV lately.
This really isn't a soccer story in my opinion. Sure a referee got beheaded and it was a result of what happened on the pitch, but this more of a microcosm of South American culture. There are stories like this all the time in South/Latin America and it's not involving referees. I don't know how many of you guys have been to Brazil or Venezuela or Mexico or Colombia, but those are dangerous places. Very violent and very dangerous. The fact that the referee felt the need to arm himself before the game tells you all you need to know.
I think that it's way too many facts and names here for a hoax... Published: 03/07/2013 14:44 An investigation, coordinated by the Regional Delegate of Santa Ines, Valter Costa, resulted in the identification of the perpetrators of the homicide occurred on Sunday (30) during a football match in the town center of Half in Pius XII. During the crime, the victim identified as Octavius Jordan had hsi body dismembered. Police arrested Luís de Sousa Moraes, 27,on Tuesday (02) in the town of Conceição de Lago Açu he is one of three people who committed the act. According to the regional delegate, the suspect was arrested after a research coupled with the testimony of witnesses. "Through the information passed on by those who witnessed the fact identify all involved and we hold the first of them," he said. Besides Luis Moraes, the delegate Valter said two other people have been identified for participation in the crime. Teams remain in police investigations in order to find the other two suspects. Regional Police of St. Agnes, Luis Moraes was apprehended in the act of murder. Understand the case The two murders occurred on Sunday (30) in the town Centro do Meio, the BR 316, rural municipality of Pius XII during a football match. The motivation of the crime, according to the police investigation, it would have been a discussion between the match referee, Otavio Silva Jordan, 20, and one of the members of one team, identified as Josenir Santos Abreu, 30. The player, as shown by the case, would have been expelled and dissatisfied with the attitude of the referee have initiated a fight. Josenir Abreu the player was hit with stab wounds in the chest area. He was rescued, but died en route to hospital. Given the facts, the victim's family and witnesses assaulted and stoned the referee, who succumbed to his injuries and died. His body was then quartered.
A 20-year-old referee armed with a machete-like knife? Hard to fathom why anyone would want to play the sport at all.
Agreed, but like someone said it's a culture thing not a soccer thing. It probably could have happened to these kinds of people over a game of checkers. This kind of thing happens in Mexico, Africa, and other parts of the world on a daily basis. Most people are just living in their bubble and oblivious to it. Things most of us consider to be universal human rights still don't apply to the majority of the world yet.
The NY Times did a great follow-up story today with more info about what really happened during that day (the kid actually began the game as a player), some interesting tidbits about all of the parties involved and how the area is reacting to the aftermath: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/s...hen-unfathomable-violence-in-brazil.html?_r=0