Footballer, 15, killed during match after being kicked in the head

A 15-year-old footballer has been killed aft helium was kicked successful the caput by a rival subordinate during a lucifer successful Paraguay.

Ismael Dominguez was making his debut for Club Nacional successful the Federal Under-15 title against Boqueron erstwhile a combat broke retired betwixt some sets of players towards the extremity of the game.

According to Club Nacional coach, Leonardo Vit, Dominguez was attacked from down during the confrontation.

‘When Ismael was with me, helium received the flying kick,’ Vit said.

‘He had his backmost to the idiosyncratic who gave it to him, it was a treacherous footwear from behind. He fell into my arms.’

Once connected the ground, Vit said that the boy, who was unconscious, received ‘two oregon 3 much kicks from different people’.

Vit added: ‘Our paramedics, on with those from the Boqueron team, gave him archetypal aid, helium was not breathing.’

A video of the combat was obtained by Paraguayan media, however, Vit confirmed that the infinitesimal of the onslaught connected Dominguez was not shown connected the footage.

Dominguez was rushed to San Pablo Maternal and Child Hospital successful Asuncion wherever helium died from his injuries.

Forensic doc Gustavo Zaracho said that the autopsy revealed that a stroke to the backmost of the teenager’s cervix caused a ‘massive and important haemorrhage’, which led to interior bleeding.

The boy’s father, Isidro Dominguez, described his lad arsenic exemplary pupil who dreamt of playing for Paris Saint-Germain successful France.

‘Being a footballer, that was his idea, and abruptly this infinitesimal successful his beingness came erstwhile helium recovered death,’ Isidro Dominguez said.

‘He was the standard-bearer. Every twelvemonth helium was the champion pupil and helium was successful emotion with football. How could I not person anticipation for him?’

Dominguez’s ceremonial was held successful the metropolis of Altos connected Tuesday morning, with hundreds of children from the boy’s schoolhouse holding achromatic balloons arsenic a tribute.

A schoolhouse shot garment and a achromatic candle was lit and placed astatine Dominguez’s spot successful his classroom.

A constabulary probe has begun and authoritative Rosa Noguera has summoned respective radical who were astatine the lucifer to testify, including a 14-year-old boy.

Noguera said that ‘there are galore versions’ of the incident, truthful the attacker has not yet been identified and nary arrests person been made.

The Prosecutor’s Office said that the archetypal versions of the incidental bespeak that erstwhile the combat began ‘the suspect, who was not participating successful the match, entered the transportation and attacked the victim.’

Ariel Britez, the manager of Boqueron, claimed the combat started aft the referee sent disconnected 2 players.

‘The struggle broke out, it happened astir successful beforehand of the visitors’ bench,’ helium said.

‘I tried to power my squad and erstwhile I turned astir different confrontation started.’

A connection from Club Nacional read: ‘We person been struck by an unacceptable calamity that has taken the beingness of a promising endowment and supra all, of a quality being loved by all… Ismael’s decease occurred arsenic a effect of acts of unit connected the tract of play, an enactment that we powerfully condemn.’

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