Darts star left with double fracture after he is jumped by soccer hooligans
Darts ace Kim Huybrechts has been left with a broken shoulder following a brutal attack by football hooligans.
The Belgian darts player, 38, who is a fan of Antwerp, was attending the team’s match against Union Saint-Gilloise on Thursday when the incident happened.
After watching Antwerp suffer a 1-0 defeat in the Belgian Cup at the King Baudouin Stadium, Huybrechts and his mate Kevin were set upon by rival fans as they made their way home through Brussels.
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Huybrechts’ wife, Dana Verhaegen, revealed that Kevin was attacked with a motorcycle helmet and as they tried to flee, the darts star was tackled, punched and kicked while on the ground. He managed to escape to where the buses for Antwerp fans were departing, where he received assistance.
The world No. 33 was rushed to hospital, where it was discovered he had a double fracture in his right shoulder. The injury is particularly concerning as it is to his throwing arm, reports the Mirror.
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His brother revealing the shocking details on social media. “As many have already heard, things went seriously wrong today during the cup final,” Verhaegen wrote on Facebook.
“In a nutshell: Match end, Antwerp supporters walking along a path through a park in a crowd towards the buses. The line gets stuck due to the grim atmosphere. Kim and Kevin want to pass the line through an opening in the fence to get to the buses faster and are attacked from behind.
“Verdict: while Kim lay on the ground and took punches, he suffered a double fracture of the collarbone, unfortunately in his right arm.”
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The darts community is reeling as Huybrechts faces a race against time to recover for the World Cup of Darts in June. He was set to team up with fellow Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh for the tournament scheduled from June 27 to 30.
Fans are now left wondering if he’ll make it to the oche in time.
Comparisons are being drawn to the unfortunate Erik Clarys, who had to hang up his darts after breaking his throwing arm. “We hope that things will not go so smoothly for Kim, because you wouldn’t wish that on anyone,” Clarys expressed his concerns on Thursday.
