{"id":39361,"date":"2025-10-21T09:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39361"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:46:16","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign1senegalese-footballer-cheikh-toure-killed-after-being-lured-to-ghana-by-fake-scouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/21\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaign1senegalese-footballer-cheikh-toure-killed-after-being-lured-to-ghana-by-fake-scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegalese footballer Cheikh Tour\u00e9 killed after being lured to Ghana by fake scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138285\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"319\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Senegalese-footballer-Cheikh-Toure-killed-after-being-lured-to-Ghana.jpg?resize=319%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-AFCON-official-match-ball.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-AFCON-official-match-ball.jpg?resize=300%2C248&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2023-AFCON-official-match-ball.jpg?resize=319%2C264&amp;ssl=1 319w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Senegalese footballer Cheikh Tour\u00e9 has tragically died after traveling to Ghana for what he believed was a professional club trial.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from Ghana, the 18-year-old was found dead after being deceived by individuals posing as football scouts. Investigations later revealed that the people who invited him were part of a criminal group and not affiliated with any football club.<\/p>\n<h6>Article continues below.<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Read also:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aV3nTN7ttP\">\n<p>Marshall Munetsi issues strong warning to young players eyeing Europe<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMarshall Munetsi issues strong warning to young players eyeing Europe\u201d \u2014 Soccer24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/2025\/10\/16\/marshall-munetsi-issues-strong-warning-to-young-players-eyeing-europe\/embed\/#?secret=oWgpP7goJ2#?secret=aV3nTN7ttP\" data-secret=\"aV3nTN7ttP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The suspects allegedly held Tour\u00e9 hostage and demanded a ransom from his family, threatening to release him only after payment. Unfortunately, his family was unable to raise the required amount, and he was later found dead in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Senegalese authorities have since launched an investigation into Tour\u00e9\u2019s kidnapping and death, working in collaboration with Ghanaian police. The joint task force aims to uncover the full circumstances surrounding the tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Tour\u00e9\u2019s body is currently being repatriated to Senegal.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Senegalese #footballer #Cheikh #Tour\u00e9 #killed #lured #Ghana #fake #scouts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegalese footballer Cheikh Tour\u00e9 has tragically died after traveling to Ghana for what he believed was a professional club trial.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9101,111,3080,1456,2295,9103,9104,1977,9102],"class_list":["post-39361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-cheikh","tag-fake","tag-footballer","tag-ghana","tag-killed","tag-lured","tag-scouts","tag-senegalese","tag-toure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39362,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39361\/revisions\/39362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}