Football fever in Kutupalong

The Daily Star

March 12, 2019

Locals and visitors alike enjoy watching a recreational match between Rohingya FC and Footie HAGS at a field inside the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya on Saturday. PHOTO: COLLECTED

Last Saturday, Kutupalong was abuzz with the sound of boot striking leather and the accompanying cheers of an engrossed and sizeable crowd as a Dhaka-based football club squared off in a match against Rohingya FC.

Malaysia’s Rohingya footballers mourn player killed after shirt caught fire following lightning strike

South China Morning Post  

Nazvi Careem  

Published: 5:31pm, 11 Mar, 2019

• Rohimullah, 19, was a spectator at a friendly game but stayed on the wet field during a lightning storm after others sought shelter
• Four others injured with witnesses saying they were using their mobile phones at the time of the strike

Rohimullah Bin Abdul Zalil (left) and Abdul Rahman Bin Abul Hussein. Photo: Handout

Malaysia’s Rohingya football community is in mourning after the death of 19-year-old Rohimullah Bin Abdul Zalil, who was killed after the sodden football pitch he was standing on was struck by lightning on Sunday.

One killed in lightning strike

THE Star ONLINE
Monday, 11 Mar 2019

PETALING JAYA: A lightning strike on a football field near Setia Murni, Setia Alam, killed a Rohingya player and injured three others.

Heavy rain had forced the afternoon game to stop but a few players were still on the field when tragedy struck.

Lightning kills Rohingya footballer, injures teammates

THE MALAYSIA INSIGHT
 10 Mar 2019

Lighting strikes and kills a 30-year-old man playing football in Selangor today. – EPA pic, March 10, 2019

A Rohingya died after he was struck by lightning while playing football in Setia Alam Shah Alam this evening.
It is learnt several of his teammates, also Rohingya, were badly injured in the incident.

Link : https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/139323