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| Dutch football referee death prompts minute's silence | Dutch football referee death prompts minute's silence |
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| Dutch football clubs around the country are to observe a minute's silence before their games following the fatal beating of a volunteer linesman. | Dutch football clubs around the country are to observe a minute's silence before their games following the fatal beating of a volunteer linesman. |
| Players will wear black armbands and stadiums will fall silent to pay respect to Richard Nieuwenhuizen who died on Monday in Almere. | Players will wear black armbands and stadiums will fall silent to pay respect to Richard Nieuwenhuizen who died on Monday in Almere. |
| He collapsed and fell into a coma after an attack by teenagers playing against his son's club, Buitenboys. | He collapsed and fell into a coma after an attack by teenagers playing against his son's club, Buitenboys. |
| Four teenagers - aged between 15 and 16 - have been arrested. | Four teenagers - aged between 15 and 16 - have been arrested. |
| Three of them have been charged with manslaughter, assault and public violence. | Three of them have been charged with manslaughter, assault and public violence. |
| The death of the 41-year-old referee has shocked the country, in which football is the most popular sport, the BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague reports. | The death of the 41-year-old referee has shocked the country, in which football is the most popular sport, the BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague reports. |
| The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has already cancelled this weekend's 33,000 amateur fixtures and taken out full-page newspaper adverts saying "Without respect, no football". | |
| But beyond this, on the question of what should be done to stop the violence, the KNVB admits it does not have the answers, our correspondent says. | But beyond this, on the question of what should be done to stop the violence, the KNVB admits it does not have the answers, our correspondent says. |
| More arrests possible | More arrests possible |
| In a statement, Dutch police said on Friday that a group of 20 detectives were investigating the case and that they had several dozen witnesses. | In a statement, Dutch police said on Friday that a group of 20 detectives were investigating the case and that they had several dozen witnesses. |
| Police said they did not exclude the possibility of making further arrests and asked anyone with pictures or footage of the incident to hand it over to them. | Police said they did not exclude the possibility of making further arrests and asked anyone with pictures or footage of the incident to hand it over to them. |
| Mr Nieuwenhuizen was attacked at the end of a junior club match on Sunday, sustaining a barrage of punches and kicks. | Mr Nieuwenhuizen was attacked at the end of a junior club match on Sunday, sustaining a barrage of punches and kicks. |
| He collapsed at the club and died the following day. | He collapsed at the club and died the following day. |
| The exact circumstances of the attack have yet to be established. | The exact circumstances of the attack have yet to be established. |