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Grief as Footballer Is Killed by Kidnappers After Family Struggled to Pay Ransom

Senegalese footballer Cheikh Toure was lured and killed kidnapped by a group in Ghana, after his family was unable to meet the set ransom demands.

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The lifeless body of Senegalese promising goalkeeper Cheikh Touré (18) has been found in Ghana. According to the Senegalese embassy and authorities, the young footballer was the victim of a criminal network. Touré's family was allegedly extorted a large sum of money.

·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Cheikh Touré, an 18-year-old Senegalese footballer, was murdered after being kidnapped and unable to pay his family the ransom.wf_cms.rss.read_more

·Barcelona, Spain
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The world of football lives hours of dismay after the murder of Cheikh Touré, an 18-year-old Senegalese goalkeeper, who is a victim of a network of armed extortioners in Ghana. The goalkeeper was kidnapped after falling into a trap, after a group of criminals led him to believe that he would attend a meeting to test with a professional club. Senegal’s Ministry of African Integration and Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of the athlete followin…

The football community in Senegal is dismayed after the death of Cheikh Touré , an 18-year-old promising goalkeeper trained at the Esprit Foot academy in Yeumbeul. The young man was found lifeless in Ghana on Saturday, October 18, allegedly a victim of a human trafficking network who tricked him with the promise of a test at a professional club. Subscribe to our WhatsApp channel and bring the information that interests you, at the moment and in …

Shocking murder in Africa. 18-year-old Senegalese goalkeeper Cheick Toure found dead in Ghana after being tricked into turning professional

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