The Comoros’ surprising victory against Ghana (1-0), on November 21 during a qualifying match for the next Football World Cup, was spoiled by a drama in the stands. A 21-year-old Comorian supporter, hospitalized after being hit in the forehead by an “accidental” shot from a soldier during this meeting, has in fact died, as we learned this Tuesday from the family. According to the authorities, spectators tried to force entry to the Malouzini stadium, located in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros, which caused a crowd movement during this highly anticipated match.
While he was to attend this Comoros-Ghana, Fahad Moindze was the victim, in the confusion, of the shooting of a soldier, who was part of the security system. The government spokesperson has since returned to this “unfortunate” incident. The accident “was caused by an accidental handling of a weapon, but all this came from the fact that there was a stampede linked to a movement of crowd who wanted at all costs to access the stadium”, indicated Houmed Msaidie the day after the match.
“Police blunders must not go unpunished”
Hit in the front, Fahad Moindze was evacuated for treatment in Tanzania, accompanied by his brother and a cousin. He died in hospital. “I’m in pain, I have no words, my nephew is dead,” Sitti Ahamada, the young man’s aunt, said this Tuesday, based in France and reached by telephone. The affair caused a stir in the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Lawyer Djamal El-Dine Bacar insisted this Tuesday on social networks that “police blunders must not go unpunished”. “Yet another victim of incompetence and inhumanity,” reacted Nadia Tourqui, representative of the local NGO “Collectif de la 3e Voie”. The Coelacanthes supporters club (the nickname of the Comorian national team) sent “its most saddened condolences” to the family and indicated its intention to “seize the authorities through a complaint against X for this blunder”.