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Bob Woolmer Murder
Bob Woolmer, coach of the Pakistan cricket team, was killed. Found in his hotel room, his post-mortem showed that he had been strangled to death. This happened just after the team’s World Cup shock defeat to Ireland.
The 58 year old man was killed in his hotel room in Kingston town. The death of former England batsman and South African coach was a shock to many.
It is thought that Mr Woolmer new the killers and many speculations have been tossed around. There was no sign of forced entry into his hotel room and none of his possessions had been taken, ruling out a robbery. Because Mr Woolmer was a rather large man, it is said that there must have been more than one perpetrator as it would have taken significant force to subdue him. It appears very much that Mr Woolmer let this person or persons into his room and therefore must be linked to him in some way.
Not only did the death of Bob Woolmer such so many, it was a huge disruption for the world cup. There is so much confusion around this death, some even speculated that is may have been connected to gambling cartels.
The Pakistani team were questioned about the death. Just after being interviews they were fingerprinted and then left for the resort of Montego Bay. Their spokesperson said that the players were in a state of shock at the death of their coach.
As much disruption as this may have caused the world cup, it will not put a stop to play. The ICC said that the competition would continue as planned. He said this was to “demonstrate that cricket cannot be put off by a cowardly criminal act.†Of course the entire cricket community was shocked at the death of the coach.