Arsenal fans yesterday paid tribute to the late British-Nigerian teenage fan Daniel Anjorin who was murdered by a sword-wielding attacker on Tuesday in London.
In their match against Bournemouth, Arsenal paused play in the 14th minute as fans paid tribute to 14-year-old Anjorin, whose favourite player is Bukayo Saka.
In a very emotional moment, the scoreboard beamed Daniel’s image with banners reading “R.I.P Daniel” displayed in various parts of the Emirates Stadium in honour of the Arsenal fan.
Until his death, he attended Bancroft’s private school in Woodford Green – also attended by Nottingham attack victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar.
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He was mortally wounded as he left his home to go to school when he was attacked by a man wielding what appeared to be a Samurai-type sword.
Police tasered and arrested the suspect, a 36-year-old man who remains in custody on suspicion of murder. He has not been named and was not previously known to police.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the independent school attended by Anjorin said in a statement Wednesday that they had been left in “profound shock and sorrow” at the pupil’s death.
Meanwhile, Arsenal cruised past Bournemouth maintain their lead on the Premier League.
The Gunners dominated the opening 45 minutes and took the lead just before half-time from the penalty spot.
Kai Havertz was brought down by Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers and Bukayo Saka coolly rolled the ball into the net from the resulting spot-kick.
Arsenal doubled their lead in the 70th minute when Declan Rice won the ball on the edge of the box and teed up Leandro Trossard, who curled the ball home from inside the area, before Rice scored in added time to boost the Gunners’ goal difference.