2023-05-21 03:50:02
SAN SALVADOR (AP) — At least nine dead and dozens injured left a stampede of fans on Saturday during the second leg of the quarterfinals between Alianza and FAS in the first division of Salvadoran soccer.
“We are expediting the entry and exit of ambulances to the Cuscatlán Stadium (in the Salvadoran capital). We ask the population to step aside and allow the ambulances to pass,” the National Civil Police (PNC) said in a tweet.
The deceased amount to nine and there are several injured who “are being transferred to nearby hospitals, at least two of them in critical condition,” he added.
The Salvadoran Football Federation said in a statement that it regretted what happened and that it stands in solidarity with the families of the deceased. The match was called off due to the incident.
Local television broadcast live images of the stampede of fans of the “albos” of Alianza who demolished the gate of the general sector and dozens reached the field of play where they were attended by the relief forces.
“It was an avalanche of fans who broke down the gate, some were left under the bars in the tunnel, others managed to get to the stands and then to the pitch and were suffocating,” one of the Rescue Command volunteers told reporters. .
“We do not know how many are dead, but there are several and there are quite a few beaten and people who were suffocating,” he added.
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