Soccer referee dies after assault by player in suburban Detroit

(Reuters) - A soccer referee who was punched in the head by a player during a weekend game in a Detroit suburb has died, police said on Tuesday. John Bieniewicz, 44, was about to eject a player from a recreational game at a park in Livonia, Michigan, on Sunday when he was hit and critically injured, police said. Bieniewicz, who was a resident of Westland, a suburb next to Livonia, died Tuesday morning at Detroit Medical Center, Livonia police said. Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad, 36, was charged on Monday with assault with intent to do great bodily harm by Wayne County prosecutors. Read More http://ift.tt/1jGtOtg