（中央社倫敦28日綜合外電報導）列斯特城隊（Leicester City）今天表示，球隊老闆、泰國免稅企業大亨維猜，昨天在英格蘭超級聯賽一場比賽後搭乘直升機離開，直升機隨即墜毀，機上5人全數罹難。

路透社報導，列斯特城隊發表聲明說，維猜（Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha）和機上另外4人不幸喪生。

維猜是泰國免稅企業巨擘皇權集團（King Power）的創辦人。他於2010年買下經常不被看好的英格蘭中部球隊列斯特城後，球隊在2016年拿下超級聯賽（Premier League）冠軍，震驚足壇，此後維猜便深受球迷愛戴。（譯者：嚴思祺）1071029

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