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England fan is shot in Kyrgyzstan | England fan is shot in Kyrgyzstan |
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An England football fan has been shot in the build up to the World Cup qualifier match against Kazakhstan, the Foreign Office said. | An England football fan has been shot in the build up to the World Cup qualifier match against Kazakhstan, the Foreign Office said. |
The fan was shot in the leg in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan. | The fan was shot in the leg in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan. |
The Foreign Office said the incident had taken place in a bar in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Tuesday. | The Foreign Office said the incident had taken place in a bar in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Tuesday. |
A spokesman said that the British honorary consul in the city was "liaising with those involved and with the local authorities". | A spokesman said that the British honorary consul in the city was "liaising with those involved and with the local authorities". |
The fan is understood to have been taken to hospital, but was later discharged, the spokesman added. | |
The British Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Paul Brummell, told the BBC that officials would monitor the progress of the case and any arrests that were made. | |
"We're continuing to liaise with the Kyrgyz police authorities over this case and in fact, my consul is visiting Bishkek next week, as am I," he said. | |
"We will certainly meet with the Kyrgyz and police authorities during those visits to find out how far their investigations have proceeded." | |
A number of England supporters have travelled to the region ahead of the 2010 World Cup qualifier in the Kazakh city of Almaty on Saturday. | |
But a spokesman for the Football Association said the injured man, believed to be in his 30s, was not part of an official party of travelling fans. |
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