“COLOMBIANS PARTY WITH THE DEAD AT SOCCER MATCH”

I guess it’s time to have funerals outside the gates of sports stadium now or even your coffin painted in your team colors. We should call it funeral-gating, the new send off for rabid sports fans. I can see coffins now in line to see Manchester U vs. Manchester City. Well, it’s not all bad; you can rest a few drinks on the coffin to show your deceased friend a good time while the coffin is being functional. Where were the officials in this case or some kind of authority? I know this would not happen in the States, people would protest. I mean, being that the USA is a free country and all, they would be tossed out of the stadium or not allowed access.
Deano

Pals of a teenage soccer fanatic who was murdered in Colombia brought his body to see his favorite team play one last time. The remains of Christopher Jacome, 17, were brought in a coffin to General Santander Stadium in the city of Cucuta for Sunday’s match between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado.

Jacome, who was a member of a local soccer fan club known for its hooliganism, was shot to death Saturday while playing soccer in a nearby park. After his wake, pals from his soccer club decided to bring the coffin with the body inside to the stadium and parade the casket around the stands.

City officials were appalled when they later discovered the body was allowed in and are investigating how it happened. The players were perturbed as well. “We do not understand how he was let in,” said Envigado midfielder Angle Jilmar. “We wondered if it was the fault of security.” Police say Jacome’s death had nothing to do with soccer but stemmed from criminal activity around where he was playing.
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Via: NYDailynews