The annual Soccer Tournament for World Peace in Alberta's capital city of Edmonton was postponed after violence broke out.
Here's how it started:
Mohamed said sports are a good way to bring the community together.
"Soccer is the No. 1 in the world, the No. 1 game in the world and it brings peace," he said.
And how it ended:
Yep, "peace."
The soccer players, who represented Brazil, Somaliland, Congo, Ethiopia, Namibia, Eritrea, India, and Senegal (not sure where Canada fit in, but there ya go) started actually beating each other with sticks.
Eighty police officers, including a tactical unit, had to be called in to quell the violence. Once police arrived, the fight somehow turned into a riot (I mean a mostly peaceful protest).
There was property damage and 11 people were hospitalized, so by leftist definition, it had to be a protest and not a riot, right?
Just to be safe, let's check with the media and see what they call it:
Then, just after 6 p.m., another string of police officers formed a line barrier between protesters near 34 Avenue and 93 Street. Nearby, at the 9257 34A Ave. Maharaja banquet hall, windows were smashed out. Several cars outside the establishment also had windows broken.
There you have it: a protest.
Apparently the "protest" broke out because two teams representing Eritrea showed up: one pro-government and one pro-rebels.
I'm not even going to begin to get into the decades long Eritrean/Ethiopian/TPLF's war in Tigray, but let's just say the two groups that showed up to represent Eritrea at the tournament don't like each other.
For now, the event has been rescheduled for next weekend, where the World Peace team will face off against the Edmonton City Police team in a soccer match.
It remains to be seen if the Edmonton police team will arrive in full riot gear for the game.
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