Eight Men Killed in São Paulo Football Fan Club Execution -

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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In another deadly football (soccer) related incident, eight men we shot and killed on Saturday night before a state championship qualifying match in Pavilhão 9 of the Corinthians football club, in the West Zone of São Paulo. While the investigators do not believe the motive was solely fan rivalry, the massacre cast a shadow on the sport in Brazil’s largest city.

Pavilhão 9 of the Corinthians football club, where eight were murdered in the West Zone of São Paulo, image recreation. “Through witnesses, we are already exploring a line of investigation, which is not leading us to believe it was caused by fan rivalry,” detective Arlindo Jose Negrao was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency

“The staff were leaving. That left eight people there. Three armed men arrived, put them on their knees, told them to lie down, and shot the bullets in them,” said the spokesperson.

Another man, a janitor who worked at the site, escaped because the bullets ran out. “They said he was lucky that the bullets had run out and that he was alive to tell all,” reported the mother of one of the victims, who declined to be identified. - See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/eight-men-killed-in-sao-paulo-football-fan-club-execution/#sthash.2FpOWx98.dpuf