Spokesman uses "Balotelli" to describe suspect in downed Malaysia Airliner

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One of the passengers who used a stolen passport to board the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was a black man, a Malaysian official indicated today.

When pressed to describe them, he said, "Do you know a footballer by the name of Bartoli? Do you know what he looks like?"

Reporters corrected him asking, "Mario Balotelli?" and asked whether the man with the stolen passport was black. Balotelli, who is black, is an Italian soccer player.

"Yes," Rahman replied.

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