2023-10-02 14:19:41
Football in England
Two fans arrested for taunting a dead child
In 2017, six-year-old Bradley Lowery died of cancer. Now Sheffield Wednesday supporters were making fun of him.
Published2. October 2023, 4:19 p.m
Little Bradley Lowery died in 2017 at just six years old.
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Two Sheffield Wednesday fans jeered at the deceased in the stadium.
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There was great sadness for the little Sunderland fan. But also in the rest of football England.
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Before his death, Bradley was often invited to games.
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England and Sunderland striker Jermaine Defoe in particular took touching care of the little one.
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Bradley and Defoe during Sunderland’s 2017 Premier League game at Everton.
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In 2017, football fan Bradley Lowery, who was only six years old at the time, died.
He was a supporter of AFC Sunderland and the England national team.
Two Sheffield Wednesday supporters mocked him in the stadium – with consequences.
In England, police have arrested two men who are said to have made fun of the death of a little boy at the second division football match between Sheffield Wednesday and AFC Sunderland in order to provoke Sunderland fans. South Yorkshire Police said the two men, aged 27 and 31, were suspected of insulting public decency.
The men had already been taken into custody on Saturday, and photos of the alleged provocation had previously circulated on the Internet. It showed one of the two Sheffield fans holding up a photo of Bradley Lowery while they both laughed during last Friday’s game. Lowery was an ardent Sunderland fan who became something of a mascot for the club during his battle with a rare cancer. He died in 2017 at the age of six.
Club apologizes
A Sheffield Wednesday spokesman condemned the two men’s alleged behavior and said they would support the investigation. “We can only apologize for the distress this has undoubtedly caused to Bradley’s family and friends,” it said. Sheffield lost the home game once morest Sunderland 0-3.
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