An official source in the Confederation of African Football confirmed that the news of the killing of Zambian referee Bakari Gasama at the hands of fans in the French capital, Paris, was not true.
The official source denied the killing of Zambian referee Bakari Jasama, following news circulated in the past few hours that he was killed in Paris by fans, days following the Cameroon-Algeria match in the second leg of the qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar, which ended with Cameroon winning 2-1 and with a deadly goal scored by Karl Toko Ekambi when In the 123rd minute, in the second overtime period, he led his team to snatch the precious card that qualified for the World Cup.
The broadcaster and former Egyptian international player, Ahmed Schubert, confirmed that the news of the death of referee Gassama was incorrect, according to what an official source in “Al Kef” stated.
The Algerian Football Federation had issued an official statement in which it submitted an official appeal to the International Football Association “FIFA” once morest what it called “the flagrant arbitration that distorted the result of the return match between Algeria and Cameroon that was played on March 29, 2022 at the Martyr Mustafa Shaker stadium in Blida.” The match “under conditions that guarantee the integrity and impartiality of the arbitration.”
