President of the Barbados Football Association (BFA), Randy Harris, has described the Wednesday night football game shooting as “unfortunate”.
Two Barbadian soccer players, Jason White of Fairview Christ Church, and Kaymar Holligan of Eden Lodge, St. Michael are currently nursing gunshot wounds.
The incident occurred on the Belfield Pasture around 8:30 p.m., during the match White became involved in an altercation with a player from the opposing team.
Two fans in support of the opposing team ran onto the pitch and opened fired on White, which resulted in White receiving two injuries to his left food and Holligan also received a gunshot injury to his left foot.
“We are going to meet with police to discuss the issue and to look at safety and security at games going forward…We are not specialists in security so we are going to have a meeting with police sometime this morning to get some counsel, advice on how to move forward” Harris said at a press meeting.
Harris admitted the incident would “set back” football in Barbados, but with hopes in a growing fan base, spectator crowds, and sponsorship, that in the long run “football would survive”.
