JS Kabylie striker Albert Ebosse, from Cameroon, shakes hands with Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal (L) after being defeated during the Algeria Cup final soccer match against MC Alger in Algiers May 1, 2014. REUTERS/LOUAFI LARBI
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian authorities have closed the stadium in Tizi Ouzou where a player was struck by a object thrown from the crowd on Saturday and subsequently died, the country’s football federation said on Tuesday.
Cameroon-born forward Albert Ebosse was struck on the head by an object allegedly thrown from a section of his club JS Kabylie’s own fans as the players left the field at the end of a 2-1 defeat to USM Alger in Tizi Ouzou, a match in which he had scored his side's goal.
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