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Beirut – AFP:
Lebanese football club Al-Ahly Al-Ahly player Mohamed Atwi died almost a month after his hospitalization after being shot in the head while passing through a street in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Reports indicated at the time that the 32-year-old was hit by a stray bullet fired from nearby, the source of which is still unknown, with the possibility that the shooting into the air occurred during the funeral of one of the victims of the terrible Beirut port explosion on August 4.
Several weeks ago, the player’s family filed a complaint with the Lebanese justice to learn the circumstances of the accident.
“A sad morning for all athletes … a great loss for Lebanese football,” wrote a member of the Lebanese Federation and Al-Akhaa Al-Ahly Club secretary, Aley Wael Chehayeb, on his Facebook page. Muhammad Atwi in protecting God.
The president of the Lebanese Football Association, Hashem Haidar, lamented the “Khalouq player” Atwi in a statement to Agence France-Presse, considering that “it is a sad day for Lebanon in general and for Lebanese sports in in particular, and we strongly condemn the phenomenon of intrusive weapons. “
“We call on the competent authorities to hold the murderers accountable for this innocent spirit, and this matter will be dealt with by us as an association, in addition to our position by the family of the player Atwi,” added Haider, who is a member of the Executive Committee. of the AFC.
He hoped that “this tragedy will provide an incentive for everyone to stand up for civilized morals and practices and to strive to spread sportsmanship throughout the stadiums, especially among the younger generation, rather than using arms irresponsibly.”
The Lebanese shoot into the air in a practice that has become a fatal phenomenon, celebrating the birth of a child or the appearance of a leader on television, with the victory of a candidate in the elections or the success of a student in a diploma educational, at the funeral of a young man killed in a traffic accident or on the fronts and on his happy and sad occasions.
Not all awareness campaigns by the security forces and appeals made by religious and political leaders in recent years have resulted in an end to this phenomenon.
FIFA sent its “most sincere condolences to the Lebanese football family on the departure of the Ansar Club and Lebanese national team player Mohamed Atwi, who died this morning (Friday) after being wounded by a stray bullet on 21 August” said the International Football Association on Twitter. With a photo of a player.
A witness told Agence France-Presse on the day of the accident, August 21, that Atwi “was in the Cola area of Beirut while he was finishing papers to buy a public license plate (taxi), and while he was talking to someone, he fell to the ground, unconscious, and was taken away. To the hospital soon, it was found that there was a bullet lodged in his head.
Al-Ansar Club, where Atwi spent most of his sporting career (1998-2018), lamented his former player on his Facebook page, saying: “With more sadness and anguish, the management of Al-Ansar Club mourns one of his sons, player Mohamed Atwi, and considers him not just a loss to his little family, but a loss to Al-Ansar Club for what the late player represents in the heart of Al Ansari, who knew him as a captain on the pitch. , a polite attitude that gave him
Atwi was born on October 1 / October 1987 in Harouf village (Nabatiyeh district) in South Lebanon.
He held the midfield position and defended the colors of several Lebanese clubs, including Olympique Beirut (now Tripoli), Al-Tadamun Tire and Al-Ansar between 2008 and 2018, where he won three Lebanon Cup titles to a title in the Super Cup, and Al-Ahly Al-Ahly, as well as the Lebanese team in three. Matches.
A large number of Atwi’s colleagues, especially Al-Ansar players, gathered in front of Al-Maqased Hospital on Friday, expecting his body to be transported and buried later.
