Panama International Midfielder Shot Dead

Apr 16, 2017 at 1:09 PM

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Panama International Midfielder Shot Dead

Panama City, April 16 (IANS) A Panama international midfielder was shot dead in the coastal city of Colon after an unidentified armed assailant attacked him, police said.

A police report indicated that the assailant on Saturday fired several times at Amilcar Henriquez, Efe news reported.

Henriquez, who was capped 75 times for Panama, had rejoined his original club Arabe Unido in Panamanian football’s top tier.

The Pan American Football Federation (Fepafut) confirmed the death on Twitter, saying: “We deeply regret the death of our national team player Amilcar Henriquez. God receive your soul Mickey.”

Panama’s president, Juan Carlos Varela, condemned the incident, promising to mobilize the state’s security forces to find those responsible. He tweeted, “We strongly condemn the assassination of Amílcar Henríquez, and all the Security Forces will be mobilized to Colon until they find those responsible.”

(With Inputs from IANS) 

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