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Lebanese football club Al-Akhaa 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, without knowing its origin, with the possibility that the shooting in the air occurred during the funeral of one of the victims of the horrible port explosion. Beirut, which occurred 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. Muhammad Atwi is in the grace of God,” wrote a member of the Lebanese Federation and Al-Akhaa Al-Ahly Club secretary Aley Wael Shehaib .
The president of the Lebanese Football Association, Hashem Haidar, lamented the “good player” Atwi, considering that “it is a sad day for Lebanon in general and Lebanese sport in particular, and we strongly condemn the phenomenon of intrusive weapons. “.
Haider, who is a member of the AFC Executive Committee, added: “We call on the competent authorities to hold the murderers responsible for this innocent spirit, and this matter will be dealt with by us as an association, in addition to our position by the family. player’s Atwi “. He hoped that “this tragedy will provide an incentive for everyone to maintain civilized morals and practices and to strive to spread sportsmanship throughout the stadiums, especially among the younger generation, rather than using weapons irresponsibly.”
A witness told AFP on the day of the accident, August 21, that Atwi “ was in the Cola area of Beirut while finishing the papers to buy a public license plate (taxi), and while talking to someone, he fell to the ground. , unconscious. He was rushed to the hospital, where it was discovered that he had a bullet lodged in his head.
The Lebanese are shooting into the air in a practice that has become a fatal phenomenon, to celebrate 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 on an educational diploma and 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.
Atwi was born on October 1, 1987 in the village of Harouf (Nabatiyeh district) in southern Lebanon. He held the midfield position and defended the colors of several Lebanese clubs, including the Olympic Beirut (now Tripoli), Tadamon Tire and Al-Ansar between 2008 and 2018, where he won three titles in the Lebanon Cup competition a a title in the Super Cup, and the brotherhood of Al-Ahly Al-Ahly, and represented the Lebanese team in three Matches.
A large number of Atwi’s colleagues, especially Al-Ansar players, gathered in front of Al-Maqasid Hospital on Friday, expecting his body to be transported and buried later.
