DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...
According to sources,the death toll from a raid carried out by South Sudanese gunmen in western Ethiopia has risen to 208 people and the assailants kidnapped 108 children.The attack took place on friday in the Horn of Africa nation's Gambela region which alongside a neighboring province,hosts more than 284,000 South Sudanese refugees who fled conflict in their country.By sunday afternoon,the number had risen to 208 dead and 75 people wounded from 140 a day earlier,government spokesman Getachew Reda told pressmen,adding that the assailants had also abducted 108 children and taken 2,000 head of livestock.Getachew did not give further details,but officials in Gambela said on Saturday,that Ethiopian troops had crossed the border in pursuit of the attackers.Cross-border cattle raids have occurred in the same area in the past,often involving Murle tribesmen from South Sudan's Jonglei and Upper Nile regions areas awash with weapons that share borders with Ethiopia.One more photo below. 
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