On June 30 a referee stabbed a soccer player to death during a dispute over a call at a game in the northern state of Maranhao, Brazil. The crowd then swarmed the referee, cut off his head, arms, and legs, and put the head on a spike in the field !!!!!
Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. There have been mass protests in Brazil recently due to public frustration with corruption, high taxes, poor government services and the billions of dollars the nation is spending to prepare for the World Cup and Olympics while its economy sags and services lag.
Thanks to Philadelphia Inquirer editorial re Brazil and soccer fan safety ("Brazil can't expect soccer fans to feel safe") on Tuesday, July 16, 2013.
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