Referee Eugene Colembi from Angola was struck by a stone that had been pelted from the crowd of frustrated home fans following Bullets' failure to qualify.

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Being struck hard with a stone cobble might produce this type of injury, the researcher told BBC News.

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His first stone missed by several feet, but he struck home with the second, making a loud hollow bang and leaving the sign quivering in the wind.

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