Algerian League Football Player and Coach Killed in Horror Bus Crash
A bus crash in Algeria killed two members of top flight side Mouloudia El Bayadh on Wednesday, prompting the national football federation to postpone all games in the country.
The Algerian state news agency said the accident killed El Bayadh goalkeeper Zakaria Bouziani, 27, and assistant coach Khalid Muftah.
The bus carrying the team overturned in the town of Sougueur in northwestern Algeria while en route to Tizi Ouzou to face JSK Kabylie in a league game on Friday, according to local media.
The club said on Facebook that other injured members, which totalled 10, were in a stable condition.
'In the wake of the painful tragedy that befell Algerian football ... the Algerian Football Federation (Faf) decided to suspend all football activities scheduled for the end of this week across the entire country,' the federation said in a statement.
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