Referee pulls out red card, then a gun

Referee pulls out red card, then a gun

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said Tuesday.

The referee, who was also a policeman, ran to his patrol car to get his gun after players mobbed him for showing the red-card to one of them

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So the referee is a police man. It's good to know that no one died or got hurt on this incident.

Would you blame him for his action? hmmm, I am thinking about it.



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if i owned a weapon and was liscensed to use it i wouldn't hesitate to fire a couple of warning shots if i was about to be attacked by an unruly mob of angry soccer fans and players

It's definitely the best way to get everyone's attention and stop a fight. Should've at least fired into the ground though not up in the air. Every other year it seems at New Years someone around here has a bullet land on them from the sky.