Before last night's Champions League match between Borussia Dortmund and Monaco, the bus in which the Dortmund players were traveling was attacked by ** near the resident hotel, and player Baltra was injured in the incident. Afterwards, the German police characterized the incident as a planned and premeditated attack against Dortmund. As a matter of fact, as the world's most watched sport, soccer has always been at risk of terrorist attacks, and in recent years, the number of terrorist attacks against players, stadiums and teams has not been small, and many of them have resulted in huge casualties, here, we recall the terrorist attacks in the world of soccer in recent years, and also take this opportunity to hope that the terrorist attacks can be far away from soccer.
1. November 14, 2005 Paris Terrorist Attacks
In the early morning of November 14, 2005, the capital of Paris, a terrorist attack, and at that time it happened to be in the friendly match between the French team and the German team, in the 17th minute or so of the game, the sound of explosions and ** bombs outside the stadium, the stadium can be heard inside the clear sound of the explosions, so that the players are frozen. It is reported that this game, French President Francois Hollande is also in the Stade de France to watch the game, while the players insisted on playing the second half of the game, and there are a number of players' relatives in the area of the terrorist attack, which includes the sister of the French star Griezmann, and the cousin of the French midfielder Lars Diarra was tragically killed in this terrorist attack. The terrorist attack killed at least 132 people. The Stade de France, on the other hand, became the safest haven for the fans. And later, IS claimed responsibility for the terror attack.
2. Attempted terrorist attack on the 2004 Double Red Rally
On the evening of April 20, 2004, the English Premier League double red match is about to be staged at Old Trafford, and before the match, the British police arrested more than 10 men of Arab descent, who are suspected of having links with al-Qaeda, and these people are suspected of planning a suicide bombing campaign, and several of them even hold different stand tickets for the weekend of the English Premier League match between Manchester United and Liverpool! These people will likely be human f**kers at this game. The Sun quoted a local police source as saying something even more alarming: "The masterminds of this terrorist plot are preparing to carry out suicide bombings at a number of locations in the stadium (Old Trafford). Once this plot succeeds, the consequences will be unimaginable.
3. The 2010 attack on the Togolese national team**
A few days before the start of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the bus on which Adebayor's Togolese team was traveling was attacked by the Organization for the Liberation of Cabinda (OLUCA), a local armed group in the Angolan province of Cabinda, which claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack left two people dead and nine wounded. The armed group also released a statement saying that the original target of the attack was not the Togo team where Adebayor was, but the Ivory Coast where Drogba was, and the leader of the armed group even claimed that he was a fan of Adebayor, and that he regretted accidentally injuring Togo, but did not rule out continuing the attack on the Ivory Coast, which was enough to make the African Cup of Nations team chilled. But what happened later shocked and chilled fans around the world.
In the Togo national team after the incident, the African Football Confederation not only did not sympathize with Togo, but accused them of not listening to the command of private buses in Angola trekking in the territory of Angola led to the occurrence of the case of ** hit, and in the Togo said that they were willing to return to participate in the African Football Confederation and rejected their request, and then Togo was even banned by the African Football Confederation to participate in the next 2 sessions of the Africa Cup of Nations, until Blatter interceded to mediate the farce is only considered to be the end of the case.
4. Syrian opposition shelling hits pitch, kills one player
Craters left by shells
Killed player Youssef Suleiman
On February 21, 2013, in a terrorist shelling carried out by the Syrian opposition on the same day, two shells landed on the Dishreen stadium in Damascus, killing one player, Youssef Suleiman, on the spot and injuring four others. Following the incident, the official Syrian State news agency defined the shelling as a "terrorist attack".
5. Islamic State Attacks Real Madrid Fan Party in Iraq
On May 13, 2016, a cafe in Iraq was unexpectedly struck by a sudden **ISIS terrorist group** 50 Real Madrid fans were gathered drinking coffee and enjoying footage of their team's previous matches before three terrorists armed with AK47's stormed the scene and strafed them, with the club's president, Subohan, revealing, " They don't like soccer and consider it an anti-Muslim act." This comes after IS executed 13 civilians in January '16 in the name of illegal soccer watching, and once IS even tried to crown Lionel Messi "Prince of the South American continent," which was chilling.
However, not all incidents are related to terrorist attacks, in some turbulent areas, soccer is still the best way for people to get comfort in life, and soccer practitioners are also trying their best to give more comfort and joy to those who are in the war-torn areas. Former Iraqi captain Younis is such a model, leading Iraq to get the championship on the field at the same time, off the field, he also through his own humanitarian behavior to do their own little to help those in need of help as much as possible, such a soccer, is not beautiful?
May terror attacks stay away from soccer and may peace always be with the world and soccer!
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