A football fan killed when rival supporters hurled a toilet bowl at him following a league game was laid to rest Sunday, Brazilian media reported.
Paulo Ricardo Gomes da Silva, 26, died when fans clashed Friday night in the northern coastal city of Recife, one of the venues for the World Cup starting next month.
His body had lain in a chapel overnight as family and friends paid their last respects before the funeral cortege headed for the cemetery.
Relatives told Globo's G1 web news portal the family were considering legal action against the Santa Cruz club where the incident occurred.
Santa Cruz chairman Antonio Luiz Neto insisted the club had done everything it could to keep fans apart, allowing a 15-minute interval between the respective groups' departure from the stands.
Overnight, Brazilian media broadcast footage shot by a security guard at the stadium showing the moment the victim was hit by the toilet bowl thrown from a height of some 20 metres.
The images showed Da Silva being struck on the head and collapsing to the ground, as dozens of fans scattered in panic.
Globo quoted Beraldo Neto, a professor of physics, as indicating Da Silva was hit by a force equivalent to an object weighing 350 kilos. He estimated its weight at 15 kilos and the speed it was thrown at some 80 kph.
Brazil's Tribunal for Sporting Justice (STJD) Saturday ruled the Arruda stadium be closed pending the outcome of an enquiry.
Police had not made an arrest by Sunday afternoon but Globo reported they had interviewed one youth who posted comments to social media on the incident before releasing him.
Da Silva's father, Jose, urged any fans who could help identify the culprit to tell the police.
Three other fans were injured in the incident.
One, a 21-year-old, remained hospitalised in a stable condition with leg injuries.
The violence followed a draw between second division sides Santa Cruz and visiting Parana outside the former's Arruda ground, across town from the brand new Pernambuco Arena World Cup stadium.
The case has shocked Brazil, being only the latest in a series of violent football-related incidents in recent months as the country seeks to put on its best face at the World Cup.
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