Culled From DailyMail..
A man believed to be a fan of
Manchester United Football
Club committed suicide
Saturday night in Nairobi’s
Pipeline estate after the team
lost 1-0 to Newcastle.
Police said John Jimmy
Macharia aged 23 jumped to
his death from the 7th floor of a
building he was after learning
his team had lost in the
Saturday evening match.
According to Nairobi County
police chief Benson Kibue,
Macharia told his friends he
could not stand and watch the
team beaten in a row before he
leapt down dying on the spot.
“All witness accounts suggest
he committed suicide because
the team lost but officers are
still talking to those who were
with him as part of the
investigations into the
incident,” he said.
Kibue advised the youth in the
city to realise the English
Premier League just like any
other sport is a game and they
should not be emotional with it.
“It is not the first time we are
losing a young man because of
the football in England, which is
far away from us. They need to
know that is just a game,” said
Kibue.
The body was later removed
and taken to the mortuary by
police who arrived there.
Macharia is said to have
landed on his head dying
instantly.
Manchester United slumped to
their second home Premier
League defeat in the space of
four days as Yohan Cabaye's
goal gave Newcastle a first
league victory at Old Trafford
since 1972.
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