Nigerian
international, Emmanuel Emenike, escaped death on Saturday after his Turkish
club’s Fenerbahce’s team bus was shot at by a gunman after the Super Lig
leaders 5-1 victory at Rizespor.
The driver
was taken to hospital but no player suffered any injury in the attack, which
happened while they were travelling to Trabzon airport. Prime Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu says an investigation is under way.
The Turkish
Football Federation condemned the attack and the club’s General Secretary
Mahmut Uslu said the incident was “very wrong”. “We come here to do sport, we
come to play football,” Uslu said.
The governor
of Trabzon, which is in the north-east of Turkey, had initially said the bus
appeared to have been hit by a stone but he later released a second statement,
saying it seemed to have been a bullet.
“The latest
situation is that it appears to be a gun,” governor Abdulcelil Oz said. “It is
too soon to say anything definite, but it appears to be a type of bullet fired
by a rifle.”
Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a Fenerbahce supporter and reportedly called
the local governor to inquire about the investigation into the incident.
Fenerbahce
are the title holders and have won the competition 19 times, with former
Premier League players Dirk Kuyt, Raul Meireles and Emre in their side.
The
Istanbul-based team went top of the table after their victory on Saturday, one
point ahead of bitter rivals Galatasaray.
BBC News
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