OkaySCT Menen participant Fabio Schiafino has misplaced a finger and had two others partially amputated after a spectator from his crew threw fireworks onto the pitch on the finish of the match in opposition to SK Zillebeke in Belgium’s Provincial Division C 4.
The 26-year-old, who was celebrating his birthday and had scored two objectives in KSCT Menen’s 4-0 win, picked up the projectile to take away it from the pitch, however it exploded in his hand.
“When the smoke cleared, I noticed that a part of my fingers have been gone,” Schiafino recounted on HLN.
‘VRT Information’ experiences that the 26-year-old footballer was severely injured when fireworks exploded in his hand and was admitted to the ICU of a Bruges hospital.
“A Cobra 6 was thrown, a heavy pyrotechnic product with the facility of a hand grenade that’s banned,” defined Mathieu Verhoest, president of native crew SK Zillebeke.
Everybody thought it was a smoke bomb
“The referee blew the whistle after which some type of grenade was thrown onto the pitch. At first everybody thought it was a smoke bomb, however then it turned out that it was really a Cobra 6. It is a heavy pyrotechnic product with the facility of a hand grenade is prohibited in our nation,”
Police arrested the spectator, a 21-year-old from Wevelgem, for questioning after which launched him.
“We deeply remorse this incident and distance ourselves from the particular person in query. He’s not identified to our membership, however has been recognized. KSCT Menen will take civil motion on this case via the police. The membership will present the required cooperation within the case. investigation to be carried out by each the police and the Belgian Soccer Federation,” KSCT Menen launched in a press release.
