Football stadium stampede kills 12 and injures 90; Photo: File
San Salvador: Twelve people were killed and 90 injured in a stampede before a football match between Alianza and Foz at a stadium in the Central American country of El Salvador.
According to the World News Agency, the match between the teams of Alianza and Foz was to be played in the local tournament at the Cuscatalan football stadium in the capital of El Salvador, which was packed to see the stadium.
Although the stadium was full, thousands of fans were outside, most of them with tickets, but when the main gate was closed, the ticket holders protested and tried to force their way into the stadium.
Amid the crowd of fans and security personnel, the main gate was broken open and more than capacity fans entered the stadium. During this panic and chaos, 12 people died due to being trampled and suffocated.
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More than 90 people were also injured due to the stampede and they are being given medical assistance in a nearby hospital. Due to the critical condition of more than a dozen injured, there is a fear of increasing the death toll.
The match management suspended the match due to stampede and chaos.
The President of El Salvador expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and formed a commission of inquiry to investigate the incident.
It should be remembered that in October 2022, more than 130 people were killed and more than 200 were injured due to a stampede at a stadium in Indonesia.
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