{"id":437262,"date":"2011-06-07T07:45:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T07:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/07\/four-die-in-clashes-after-cameroon-draw\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T07:45:57","slug":"four-die-in-clashes-after-cameroon-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/four-die-in-clashes-after-cameroon-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Die in Clashes After Cameroon Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"31.813795061\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentngonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Independent<\/a> (Lagos)<\/p>\n<p>6 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Cameroonian authorities say four people were killed in clashes between fans and troops after Cameroon drew 0-0 with Senegal in an African Cup of Nations qualifier that dented the team&#8217;s chances of reaching next year&#8217;s tournament.<\/p>\n<p>A coastguard official told The Associated Press on Monday that the clashes on Saturday between angry fans and government troops also wounded several people in the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>He did not say how many people were wounded or whether those killed were civilians or soldiers. The official asked for anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the report.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon captain Samuel Eto&#8217;o missed a last-minute penalty to leave the four-time African champion in third place in the four-team Group E.<\/p>\n<p>Police used water cannons to disperse disgruntled home fans after they blocked Cameroon&#8217;s team bus from leaving Yaounde&#8217;s Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium for over an hour following the game, with the supporters blaming Eto&#8217;o for the team&#8217;s problems.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter Milan forward has apologised for three days in a row on state radio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I must say thank you to the public which has supported us from the beginning to the end,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve missed a penalty. I&#8217;m responsible for the loss. I kindly beg for your excuse. This is the only penalty I&#8217;ve missed throughout this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon is five points behind group leader Senegal and an automatic place at the tournament, with two games left.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon now has to win both its final qualifiers-against Mauritius and Congo-and hope other results go its way to win an automatic place at the finals. It is also well behind in the race for one of the two best second-place spots in the 11-group qualifying competition.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106070355.html\" title=\"Four Die in Clashes After Cameroon Draw\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four Die in Clashes After Cameroon Draw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Daily Independent (Lagos) 6 June 2011 Cameroonian authorities say four people were killed in clashes between fans and troops after Cameroon drew 0-0 with Senegal in an African Cup of Nations qualifier that dented the team&#8217;s chances of reaching next year&#8217;s tournament. A coastguard official told The Associated Press on Monday that the clashes on Saturday between angry fans and government troops also wounded several people in the West African nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":402551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four Die in Clashes After Cameroon Draw - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/four-die-in-clashes-after-cameroon-draw\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Four Die in Clashes After Cameroon Draw - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Daily Independent (Lagos) 6 June 2011 Cameroonian authorities say four people were killed in clashes between fans and troops after Cameroon drew 0-0 with Senegal in an African Cup of Nations qualifier that dented the team&#039;s chances of reaching next year&#039;s tournament. 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