The United fan named as 19-year old Abubakar Baishe was stabbed by a 20-year old who is not only his schoolmate but also a relative. He was stabbed in the left side of his abdomen after United’s win over Liverpool on the 21st March 2010.
The doctor who has performed a major operation on the United fan has said that he is ‘currently out of danger’ and that ‘his condition has greatly improved’.
The youngsters dad Mr Baishe has said: “This is mere childishness as we adults cannot turn on each other with a knife; not for the sake of the English Premier League going on in a far-away continent.”
“But my son took it just as a mere debate usually exchanged by die-hard fans across the globe, only for his colleague to turn his anger on him with a pen knife he was carrying.”
Lamu police boss Augustine Kimantiria said:
“We are working hard to catch up with the main suspect, who is still at large.”
Abubakar Baishe is now recovering from surgery in a hospital in Lamu District. It is now believed that the unnamed 20-year old has fled to Tanzania.
A year ago it was reported that an Arsenal fan had killed himself after Man United knocked Arsenal out of the Champions League.
This is ridiculous, things like this shouldn’t happen. I get the passion because I feel the passion but that doesn’t mean that I am going to turn round and try to kill someone because another team is higher in the table than United. Like Abubakar’s father said, it’s just childishness, doesn’t make it right.
