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Fan kills football player

Police say an Iraqi football player has been shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal in a weekend game south of Baghdad.

Police Major Muthanna Khalid says a striker from the Buhairat amateur team was facing only the goalie during a Sunday match in Hillah when a supporter of the rival Sinjar club shot him in the head in the final minute of play.