Panama International Midfielder Shot Dead
Apr 16, 2017 at 1:09 PM
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.”
Lamentamos en lo más profundo la muerte de nuestro seleccionado nacional Amílcar Henríquez. Dios reciba tu alma Mickey. pic.twitter.com/JaODnBH1kK
— FEPAFUT (@fepafut) April 16, 2017
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.”
Condenamos enérgicamente el asesinato de Amílcar Henríquez;se movilizarán a Colón todas las Fuerzas de Seguridad hasta dar con responsables.
— Juan Carlos Varela (@JC_Varela) April 16, 2017
(With Inputs from IANS)