A 22-year-old male football player was killed by a colleague in Mayendit County’s Rukuach Payam in Unity State on Friday evening after a soccer game, the police said.
Major Panlino Bangoang Keah, the acting director of police in the county, told Radio Tamazuj Saturday that the incident unfolded on Friday at 6:30 p.m. in Rukuach Payam after the players were done with their game and a player violently attacked another for unclear reasons.
“The person who was involved in the killing of the 22-year-old man was identified by local authorities and was arrested because he is a criminal,” he said. “The killer who lives in Bentui IDP Camp was injured by the deceased during the confrontation and has been taken to a health center in Rukuach for treatment.”