Benjamin Foster, a referee, is facing murder charges after football players allegedly forced him to kill a member of the opposing team in southern Malawi, police said Friday, March 9, 2018.
He was overseeing a football match between two local teams, Billiat FC and Chilengo FC, in the town of Thyolo, Malawi on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, when Chilengo FC players refused to accept the referee’s decision to invalidate a goal.
In the ensuing scuffle, the referee fled to a nearby house, which the players lit to smoke him out, according to Foster.
When the referee ran out of the burning building, the players forced him to smack a Billiat FC player repeatedly with a stick, the spokesman said.
The player later died of injuries in hospital, added Foster.
“The referee turned himself over. He is facing murder charges,” he said.
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