Footballer dies suffocated by a voodoo amulet: the case that shocks Burundi

A few weeks earlier he had invited younger people not to believe in witchcraft but in the end the use of a gris-gris, a voodoo amulet, cost him his life. “Radio Publique Africaine” sheds light on the death of Igiraneza Aimé Gueric, which occurred last December 20 during the second division match in Burundi from Guepiers du Lac el’Amassipiri.

The footballer had fainted on the pitch and was immediately helped by doctors, but later died while being transported to hospital. According to his teammates, the death was caused a talismanic coin which he had in his mouth and which he ingested by mistake, causing him to suffocate.

In Burundi, reports “RPA”, many coaches and managers are also usually resort to witchcraftan attitude that also affects footballers, who are more inclined to neglect training because they believe that certain practices are sufficient to win matches.