“Someone is standing outside taking a picture of the cars,” says one of the players to the 4th division team Christiania Ballklubb.
Coach Faysal Mohamed Ahmed goes out and checks what the problem is. Before the eyes of the players fall the words that make the situation take full fire.
Now the 33-year-old expects the police to crack down hard on what he describes as hate crime.
– 20 young people saw me deal with that situation. If it does not have consequences, they will think “it is not wise to do as Faysal”. Therefore, it is very important that the police set an example, says Faysal Ahmed to TV 2.
– COMMITTED: Faysal Mohamed Ahmed is captain of Grorud, environmental worker and unpaid coach for four teams in Christiania Ballklubb. Photo: Yngve Sem Pedersen / TV 2
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“Fucking negroes”
Some may remember him from the TV 2 series Grorud Underdogswhere he as captain of the Obos team, among other things, took on a mentoring role for the great talent Omar Bully.
But in his spare time, the 33-year-old is also an environmental worker, support contact and unpaid coach for four different football teams in Christiania Ballklubb. Which has a stated goal of integrating children, young people and adults into society.
This is one of the reasons why Faysal Ahmed wants to present his version of what happened at Caltexløkka in Tøyenparken, Wednesday 30 March. The police in Oslo confirm to TV 2 that the incidents that happened there are under investigation for bodily harm and hate speech.
CBK’s A-team in the 4th division was to train, and outside the locker room a couple of cars were parked, which were used to transport equipment.
Two passers-by, a man and a woman in good adulthood, are said to have reacted to the cars being illegally parked and then taking pictures.
– One of our players came late for training, and told us in the locker room that a man and woman took a picture of the cars. Then a couple of the guys and I went out, and they said we could not park there. I replied that it was okay and that we would drive out soon. But I asked them to think about what they should use the pictures for. Then she got upset, said that she worked in Oslo municipality and wanted to call the police.
– CAPTAIN: Faysal Ahmed in action for Grorud in the OBOS league, here against Lillestrøm in 2020. Photo: Fredrik Hagen
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– I replied that we also worked in Oslo municipality, but that she just had to call the police. She probably realized this was pretty quickly meaningless, but then the man followed up with them wanting to send an email to the club. He walked right up to one of the players, stared at the training clothes and saw the logo of Christiania Ballklubb. “It’s fine, just send mail,” I said. I got the feeling that they were annoyed that we handled it so calmly, Ahmed thinks.
The coach thought it was the end of it all. According to him, the situation escalated instead when the two people were about to leave.
The man turned and shouted “Fucking negroes”. Several of the guys immediately understood what he was saying. I immediately told the other coach to take the players out on the field, while I went after the two to take a picture of the man who said the words, he claims.
Ahmed also took a video where he confronts the two – watch the video below!
– Do people call Negroes? Adults? he asks the woman.
– I have not called you anything, she answers.
Here the man and the woman are confronted:
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Must have been bald on the face
The 33-year-old then runs past the man to film him from the front, as he is on his way up a flight of stairs.
– No! he shouts.
– Do not pick up my phone, shouts Ahmed.
According to the CBK coach, the man became more and more aggressive in the attempts to snatch the phone.
– In retrospect, I should perhaps have realized that it could slam, but I somehow did not think it would go from illegal parking to violence. He did not get hold of my phone, so at one point he walked close to me, pulled me a little by the jacket and balded me in the face. He hit well, in the middle of the forehead, so my head was thrown back. Right then I had a lot of adrenaline and did not feel any pain right away, says Ahmed.
– SHOWS THE PROCEDURE: Faysal Ahmed shows approximately where he stood on the stairs and held the man who is said to have shouted “fucking negroes” and committed violence. Photo: Yngve Sem Pedersen / TV 2
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– After the scolding, I held him tight, while a couple of the guys on the team came running up. I told him not to hit, but that I was going to hold him until the police arrived. But he began to panic when he realized what he had done, while people came running. So I let go of him, and he ran up the stairs.
At the same time, the brother of Faysal Ahmed called the police, who were at the scene a few minutes later.
Meanwhile, the woman was left standing and discussing with players and Ahmed.
– You were rude. You came a whole bunch, she says to the gang standing around.
– We are a football team, one of the players answers, before Ahmed takes the floor.
– Is it allowed to nod people?
– No, I said. It is not allowed to nod.
– But he nodded to me?
– OUTSIDE THE WARDROBE FACILITY: This is where the quarrel started, just before the 4th division team went out to train. Photo: Yngve Sem Pedersen / TV 2
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– It is not allowed to nod, the woman repeats.
Faysal Ahmed estimates that the police were in place less than five minutes after the incident. He perceived them as professional and understanding, but at the same time was surprised that the man who, according to Ahmed, had slapped him in the face and shouted “fucking negroes”, was allowed to leave when the interrogation was over.
– NOTHING TO AHMED: The reported man was pictured shortly after the confrontation with Ahmed. Photo: Faysal Ahmed
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The 33-year-old was on sick leave with headaches and neck pain in the first days after the incident.
A couple of the players on the team have asked him why he did not answer with the same coin after being bald.
– Why did not you catch up?
– I have a son I will be a role model for, and I train many teams with young boys. Things I do do not only affect me. I have to think a lot about how I behave. In that situation, I felt, legally and morally, that it would be my right to defend myself after what he exposed me to. But it’s not worth it. I can rather show the 20 young people who stood there that it can still have consequences for that guy, when you handle it in the right way, he says.
Several witnesses
Khadar Hussein, who is captain of Christiania’s 4th division team, says the players were shocked witnesses to what happened.
– I did not believe what I saw. “Fays” should be praised for being quite calm, because it could have ended completely differently. It must have been tough for him to control himself as he did after being called the n-word and then the shell to, says Hussein.
– How many witnesses were there to what happened?
– Almost the whole team.
After the police interrogations on the spot had ended, the woman, who was with the reported man, must have come up with a proposal.
– She came over and tried to take us by the hand. “Know that it started with a parking lot”, she said. Yes, it started with a parking lot, and ended with us being called words not used and Fays was barked at. It’s sick, says Khadar Hussein.
Faysal Ahmed emphasizes that he is not a person who seeks the public, and that he usually tries to get away from interviews.
This time he feels it is necessary.
– What I’m afraid of is when some of the guys say “I would not do as Fays. I had caught up. ” Therefore, I feel it is extra important that this is taken seriously, so it remains as a good example for the whole gang: the next time something like this happens, you react does not to catch up and do something worse, says Ahmed.
TV 2 does not know the identity of the man who has been reported for bodily harm and hate speech, or the woman who was involved, and has thus not received their version.
Feel free to contact reporter Sigve Kvamme ([email protected]) if you have more information about the incident.
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