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World Cup News :: England fan shot ahead of Kazakhstan World Cup qualifier

Posted on 2009-06-05 by Gooner

An England fan has been shot and wounded in an incident just days before Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan.

The supporter was shot in the leg in a bar in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, after a local apparently took exception to the chanting of him and his friends.

A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a British citizen was shot in the leg in a bar in Bishkek. The British honorary consul is liaising with those involved and with the local authorities."

The Sun newspaper said that the fan, in his 30s and from Rochdale, Lancashire, was back with his friends after discharging himself from hospital, where the bullet was removed.

A local in the bar told him and his friends to stop chanting and shot him in the thigh with a pistol when they carried on, the newspaper added.

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( Gooner Note :

There is something just so funny and other-worldly about this story that I had to reproduce it.

Did he know he was in the wrong country?
Did he not start to worry when he saw the pistol?
And do you think he went for another beer after "discharging" himself?

I think that this is my favourite football fan story of so far )

Sourced From : ESPN Soccernet

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