shahida raza dead shipwreck crotone hockey

Among the victims, 67 ascertained so far, of the shipwreck of migrants off the coast of Crotone there is also Shahida Raza, a young soccer player but also captain of the Pakistan women’s national field hockey team, who was traveling on the boat together with at least 150 other refugees. Shahida Raza, known as Chintoo, 27, of Hazara ethnicity, was also a footballer and she represented the Balochistan United in women’s football, a team from the city of Quetta famous for trying to keep players of various ethnic groups together in the name of integration. She was the mother of a little girl, but apparently her daughter was not with her on the boat. The player’s death was confirmed by the Pakistan Hockey Federation. Shahida had decided to face the risks of crossing from Turkey in order to escape persecution in her country and she faced the journey crammed into the hold in inhumane conditions. A journey that ended in the worst possible way, in the sea off the coast of Cutro.