Player's death sparks widespread revulsion in Algeria; all football suspended
Last season’s top goalscorer succumbed to 'a violent head injury' after being struck on the head by 'a heavy blunt object'
The death of Albert Ebosse, the Cameroon player killed by a missile thrown from the stands, has sparked widespread revulsion in Algeria where this weekend’s league programme will be cancelled in protest at the fatal attack.
The Algerian Football Federation (FAF), in a strongly worded statement, decried the growing violence blighting the national game while Fifa boss Sepp Blatter demanded a stop to violence.
I have asked the police to use every legal means possible, including television images, to identify the culprit and bring him to justice
The federation said it had called off this weekend’s league games “in protest at the irresponsible actions of certain fanatics and hooligans who resort to violence in the stadiums which has reached an unacceptable level”.
The Cameroon forward was fatally hit following his side JS Kabylie’s 2-1 loss to USM Alger. Fans pelted the pitch with missiles as the players returned to their changing rooms at the Tizi Ouzou stadium.
Ebosse, 24, succumbed to “a violent head injury”, confirmed hospital director Abbas Ziri.