Belize’s national team attacked Haiti with rifles

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Belize is in contact with FIFA and CONCACAF to bring players “safer”

PRINCE’S PORT – Belize football team’s bus was intercepted by a gun gang when the team arrived in Haiti on Monday, where he intends to play a match in the qualifying rounds of Qatar World Cup 2022.

The policemen escorting the team had to negotiate with the armed gang pTo continue their journey from the airport to the hotel, where they arrived safely, according to the Belize Football Federation in a statement.

“Despite being escorted by four police officers, the team’s bus was stopped by the insurgents’ revolt with motorcycle assault rifles, and the police escort had to negotiate with them for the team’s bus to continue its journey to the hotel,” he said. the statement.

Players, “although agitated by ordeal, are safe in their hotel”states the statement, which also includes a statement from Captain Deon McCauley, which ensures that there were moments of “intense fear” during the assault.

The federation assured that it is in contact with FIFA and CONCACAF to “do everything possible” to take the players “to a safer place”.

The match is scheduled for next Thursday at the Sylvio Cator Stadium in Port-au-Prince and corresponds to the first day of Group E of the World Cup qualifiers, which also includes Nicaragua, Saint Lucia and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Haiti is going through a strong wave of insecurity due to the action of numerous armed gangs, which are responsible for the kidnappings that take place daily in the metropolitan area of ​​Port-au-Prince.

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