John Jimmy Macharia committed suicide in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday after learning that Manchester United had lost to Newcastle United that same day. He jumped from the seventh floor of a building and died from his injuries, according to Standard Digital.
According to Nairobi County police chief Benson Kibue, Macharia told his friends he could not stand and watch the team beaten in a row before he leapt down dying on the spot,” the report says. Macharia was 23. The report adds that he cautioned young people in Nairobi against getting too “emotional” over the Premier League. “It is not the first time we are losing a young man because of the football in England, which is far away from us. They need to know that is just a game,” Kibue said.
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