Prefer the Guardian on GoogleThe Ugandan football community is in mourning after the death of a player who was fatally injured during a robbery in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday night.
David Owori, who captained Sports Club Villa, a Uganda Premier League club, and represented the national team, was attacked after resisting an attempt to steal his mobile phone and other belongings near his home in Makindye division.
Racheal Kawala, a spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan police, said he was found unconscious by passersby, who took him to a nearby hospital. He was transferred to another hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Wednesday.
Witnesses said attackers hit the footballer with paving stones before robbing him and fleeing, leaving him unconscious, the BBC reported.
Owori, 27, was a right-back and midfielder for SC Villa. He helped the team win a record 17th Uganda Premier League title in 2024.
He started his senior career in 2016 at the Uganda Premier League side Vipers Sports Club and had stints in Europe with Vélez CF in Spain and Utsiktens BK in Sweden.
He played for the national team in the qualifiers for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
The Ugandan parliament observed a minute of silence in Owori’s honour on Wednesday.
In June Sydney Gongodyo, a Ugandan rugby international, died after a mob attacked him in Kampala, mistaking him for a thief, police said.
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