DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).

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 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...

EIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS DIE IN IMO AUTO CRASH.(PHOTO).


Eight Family Members D!e In Imo Auto Crash

No fewer than eight family members traveling home for the new year celebration have died in an auto crash in Imo State, the Eastern Heartland.

The incident occured by 3pm on Friday at Amanwozuzu junction in the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo state.

Eye witnesses including a police officer on a rescue mission told our correspondent who visited the scene of the tragedy that the father, who was conveying his wife and children in a sienna vehicle ran into a stationary truck carrying rods.

The rod pierced the bodies of the victims and all of them died on the spot.

Policemen and indigenes extricated the vehicle to bring out the lifeless bodies of the victims.

Policemen from the Ikeduru Local Government Area Division had deposited the corpses in a morgue.

 

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