December 10 – A fanatical Kenyan Manchester United fan, seemingly unable to cope with the club’s recent defeat against Newcastle which put them 13 points adrift of leaders Arsenal in the Premier League table, tragically took his own life.
Kenyan police confirmed that John Macharia, 28, plunged to his death from a multi-storey apartment block in Nairobi after David Moyes’ team suffered a second home defeat in four days.
“Macharia jumped from the seventh floor of an apartment at Pipeline Estate after realising that his team Manchester United lost 1-0 to Newcastle at Old Trafford and committed suicide,” Nairobi’s County Police Commander Benson Kibui told Reuters.
Macharia’s death is reminiscent of another suicide by a Kenyan fan in 2009. Arsenal supporter Suleiman Omondi was found hanging in his flat after the Gunners were trounced 3-1 by Manchester United in the second leg of the Champions League semi-final.
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