Horror as footballer, 27, and coach killed in bus smash with team-mates in serious condition in hospital
A BUS crash has killed two members of Algerian Ligue 1 side Mouloudia El Bayadh.
The fatal crash happened in the late hours of Wednesday evening.
A bus crash in Algeria has killed a goalkeeper and a club coach
The Algerian state news agency said it killed El Bayadh goalkeeper Zakaria Bouziani, 27, and assistant coach Khalid Muftah.
Bouziani, a stand-in goalkeeper, made two league appearances this season.
The bus carrying the team overturned in the town of Sougueur in northwestern Algeria while en route to Tizi Ouzou to face JSK Kabylie in a league game, according to local media.
The club said on Facebook that other injured members were in a stable condition.
The national football federation has now postponed all games scheduled for this week across all divisions.
“In the wake of the painful tragedy that befell Algerian football the Algerian Football Federation decided to suspend all football activities scheduled for the end of this week across the entire country,” the federation said in a statement.
“The Federation also decided to postpone the draw ceremony for the 32nd and 16th rounds of the Algerian Cup to a later date.”
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said in a statement that he received the news of the tragedy with “great pain and sorrow”, offering his condolences to the families of the victims.
El Bayadh lie sixth in the Algerian league table with 15 points from 10 games, 12 adrift of runaway leaders MC Alger.
