The brother of a Colombian soccer player who was killed after scoring an own goal fears for the lives of the country’s 2018 World Cup stars

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• The Colombia national soccer team was dumped out of the World Cup on Tuesday.
• Colombia lost to England after a nail-biting penalty shootout, a result that led to vile death threats on social media.
• The concerning messages arrived on the 24th anniversary of Andrés Escobar’s murder, the Colombia defender who was shot on Bogota’s streets, reportedly in retaliation for scoring an own goal at the 1994 tournament.
• Escobar’s brother fears for the lives of the 2018 class.
• Read all of Business Insider’s World Cup coverage here.

The brother of a Colombian soccer player shot six times on the streets of Bogota in 1994 fears for the lives of the country’s 2018 World Cup stars.

The Colombian national soccer team was dumped out of the competition on Tuesday after England held its nerve in the penalty shootout.

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