Late last year, a video clip showing a Tanzanian football fan crying out loud after his favourite team lost a football match, was posted on youtube and immediately went viral. Stephen Samuel who is an ardent fan of Yanga FC, could not believe his eyes after the team lost 5 - nil to their bitter rivals Simba sports club in a premier league match. Our sports reporte tracked down and visited the 30- year-old diehard soccer fan, at his home in Segerea in Dar es Salaam, and filed the following report.
A Four-Year-Old British Boy Caught up in the Kenya Mall Massacre Showed Astonishing Bravery
A four-year-old British boy caught up in the Kenya mall massacre showed astonishing bravery by confronting a marauding gunman who ended up begging for his forgiveness, it emerged today.
Elliot Prior, from Windsor, Berkshire, told one of the terrorists that he was a 'very bad man' as he protected his mother, Amber, who had been shot in the leg, and six-year-old sister Amelie.
Incredibly, the attacker took pity on the family and bizarrely handed the children Mars bars before telling them: 'Please forgive me, we are not monsters.'
His story emerged as sporadic gunfire continued to ring out from inside the mall early today as Kenyan security forces battled Al Qaeda-linked terrorists into a fourth day.
Despite Kenyan police assurances that they had taken control of the building, a security expert with contacts inside the mall said at least 10 hostages were still being held by a band of attackers, possibly as many as 13.
Kenya's foreign minister Amina Mohamed said 'two or three' Americans and one British woman were among those who attacked the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi.
Exclusive Video Footage on the Westgate Attack
This is an exclusive raw video taken by our reporter at the Westgate Mall in Kenya
Karate Referee Goes Bananas, Floors Both Fighters (Video)
Being a referee in any sort of fighting sport is obviously fraught with danger at almost any level, with officials at boxing, martial arts and MMA often getting floored in the line of duty.
So you can hardly blame them if, once in a while, they fight back. Though it has to be said that the ref at this karate contest - believed to be in America - probably took that a bit far.
After the two fighters refused to obey his command to step away, the official lost his rag and started lashing out, elbowing one of the fighters in the face and kicking another in the head, before throwing a series of bunches and kicks which put both of them on the floor and saw some other officials step in to restrain him.
We know what you're thinking, because we were thinking it too: surely this was faked for the amusement of the crowd? It's a definite possibility, though the final punch that floored the guy on the right certainly looked as if it connected properly.
And in any case, whether it's fake or not, it's still damn funny. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'only one winner'.
So you can hardly blame them if, once in a while, they fight back. Though it has to be said that the ref at this karate contest - believed to be in America - probably took that a bit far.
After the two fighters refused to obey his command to step away, the official lost his rag and started lashing out, elbowing one of the fighters in the face and kicking another in the head, before throwing a series of bunches and kicks which put both of them on the floor and saw some other officials step in to restrain him.
We know what you're thinking, because we were thinking it too: surely this was faked for the amusement of the crowd? It's a definite possibility, though the final punch that floored the guy on the right certainly looked as if it connected properly.
And in any case, whether it's fake or not, it's still damn funny. Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'only one winner'.
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iPhone 5S and 5C Drop Test!
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