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The Brazilian soccer fan who was killed by flying toilet

Forty days before the beginning of the 2014 World Cup, a football fan was killed after he was struck on the head by a toilet bowl hurled from a stadium in the World Cup host city of Recife.

The 26-year-old man died after a large fight erupted following a match between Santa Cruz and Parana at the Arruda Stadium. 

Fans inside the stadium ripped out three toilets from a lavatory and threw them from the stands at rivals on the streets below. 

One of them hit and instantly killed the young fan.  More