ALGIERS: An Algerian football club has been banned from using its home stadium and could be thrown out of national and international competitions after one of its players was hit and killed by an object thrown by fa ns.

The Confederation of African Football on Tuesday backed a decision by Algerian authorities to stop J.S. Kabylie from playing at Nov 1 Stadium in the northern city of Tizi Ouzou, where Kabylie striker Albert Ebosse was fatally hit at a game on Saturday.

CAF, the Algeria Football Federation and the Algerian professional league said it was only the first sanction for Kabylie and more would follow.

CAF agreed with the Algerian bodies’ statements that Kabylie could also be thrown out of national competitions as well as the African Champions League, which is run by CAF.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter called for “exemplary punishments”.

The 24-year-old Ebosse was hit by a “sharp object,” CAF said, as he was walking off the field following his team’s 2-1 loss at home to champion USM Alger on Saturday night. The object was apparently thrown by a section of home fans. Ebosse suffered a head trauma and internal bleeding and died at the hospital.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2014