A soccer fan at Mim was electrocuted while trying to mount a television antennae to watch the last group match between the

Ghana Black Stars and the Stallions of Burkina Faso, at the ongoing African Cup of Nations (CAN 2002) in Mali on Wednesday.

The deceased, Kwabena Agyapong, 24, in the company of three others, whose names were not immediately known, were erecting a metal television pole when it touched a high-tension electric line.

The Police told the GNA that all the four received electric shocks and were rushed to the Ayum Clinic at Mim but Agyapong died soon after while the others were treated and discharged.

The Police said Agyapong was passing by and was called in to assist with the erection of the pole. His body has been deposited at the Goaso Government Hospital for autopsy while Police investigation continued.