Iraqi fan shoots player dead to deny goal

An Iraqi soccer player has been shot dead just as he was about to score what could have been the equalising goal in a weekend match in Hillah, south of Baghdad, local reports said.

Heidar Kazem, a striker from the Buhairat amateur team, had only the goalkeeper to beat in the last minute of play when a supporter of the rival Sinjar club shot him in the head. Sinjar was leading 1-0 when the shooting occurred.

Reports indicated Kazem was taken to a hospital after the incident, but died en route.

Police said a spectator had been arrested.

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