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Soccer Mob Beats Catholic to Death in N. Ireland

Protestant fans were celebrating a victory

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted May 25, 2009 2:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – A mob of Protestant soccer fans beat a Catholic man to death last night in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports. After a victory by Scotland’s Glasgow Rangers, as many as 70 fans drove to the Catholic section of the town of Coleraine, where they “literally attacked the first person they came across,” a witness tells the AP.

Kevin McDaid, a 49-year-old father of four, was beaten on his doorstep as he tried to defend a neighbor from the mob, his son tells the Telegraph. “The people that did this are just thugs and animals. I hope they are caught,” he said. A local legislator condemned the violence as “raw sectarian hatred.”

Flowers mark the scene of last night's violence in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Flowers mark the scene of last night's violence in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.   (AP Photo)
This is an undated photo of Kevin McDaid, 49, beaten to death last night at the hands of militant Protestant supporters of a Scottish soccer.
This is an undated photo of Kevin McDaid, 49, beaten to death last night at the hands of militant Protestant supporters of a Scottish soccer.   (AP Photo)
Peter Neill, who was with Kevin McDaid when they were attacked last night, surveys the scene of the murder in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, today.
Peter Neill, who was with Kevin McDaid when they were attacked last night, surveys the scene of the murder in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, today.   (AP Photo)
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kokuaguy
May 27, 2009 2:27 AM CDT
This is one way to bring them back... the killers were Protestants.
OWLWOMANXXXX
May 26, 2009 12:19 PM CDT
Disgraceful...is the IRA comming back?
lonewolf17
May 26, 2009 6:42 AM CDT
I hope the members of the mob that did this are consumed with guilt for the rest of their lives.

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