Home » Africa & World Politics, Headlines » Kenya fan in Nairobi kills self after Manchester United loss to Newcastle United in faraway England

Kenya fan in Nairobi kills self after Manchester United loss to Newcastle United in faraway England

Fan kills himself over United loss

A Kenyan fan unable to cope with Manchester United’s loss to Newcastle United committed suicide over the weekend, according to police.
John Macharia, 28, plunged to his death from a multi-storey apartment block in the capital, Nairobi.
This followed United’s 1-0, their second home defeat in four days.
Newcastle’s first win at Old Trafford since February 1972 means the reigning champions are now 13 points adrift of league leaders Arsenal.
“Macharia jumped from 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,” said Nairobi’s County Police Commander Benson Kibui.
Macharia’s death is reminiscent of the suicide by a Kenyan Arsenal fan in 2009. Suleiman Omondi, 29, was found hanging in his flat after the Gunners were trounced 3-1 by Manchester United in the second leg of a Champions League semi-final.
Kibui urged football-obsessed Kenyan fans to support local teams rather than foreign clubs who do not have a link to the east African nation.
“The football fans should enjoy the matches… but they should not commit suicide since life is very precious,” Kibui added.

-BBCwp_posts

Related Posts

Website Pin Facebook Twitter Myspace Friendfeed Technorati del.icio.us Digg Google StumbleUpon Premium Responsive

Short URL: https://newnigerianpolitics.com/?p=33804

Posted by on Dec 9 2013. Filed under Africa & World Politics, Headlines. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Leave a Reply

Headlines

Browse National Politics

Featuring Top 5/1482 of National Politics

Subscribe

Read more

Browse Today’s Politics

Featuring Top 5/64 of Today's Politics

Browse NNP Columnists

Featuring Top 10/1573 of NNP Columnists

Browse Africa & World Politics

Featuring Top 5/2472 of Africa & World Politics

Subscribe

Read more

ADVERTISEMENT

Categories

FEATURED VIDEOS

Advertisements

ARCHIVES

May 2026
S M T W T F S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  

© 2026 New Nigerian Politics. All Rights Reserved. Log in - Designed by Gabfire Themes