El Fasher University student dies in dispute over Ponzi scheme loss

01/06/2010 15:05

A university student died yesterday at the age of 21 years, of wounds received from a blow to the head with a machete by her brother’s friend. According to the source, the victim’s brother had borrowed a motorbike from his friend and invested it in the Mawasir market, which was an investment scheme that was later revealed to be a Ponzi scam. When the owner asked the brother to return the bike, an intense debate began and developed into a fight. The sister was trying to intervene to stop the fight when she received a fatal blow to the head. The source added that the incident was reported to police in El Fasher. The student had been attending the University of El Fasher.

A university student died yesterday at the age of 21 years, of wounds received from a blow to the head with a machete by her brother’s friend. According to the source, the victim’s brother had borrowed a motorbike from his friend and invested it in the Mawasir market, which was an investment scheme that was later revealed to be a Ponzi scam. When the owner asked the brother to return the bike, an intense debate began and developed into a fight. The sister was trying to intervene to stop the fight when she received a fatal blow to the head. The source added that the incident was reported to police in El Fasher. The student had been attending the University of El Fasher.