[ad_1]
Two young people were killed Thursday in a crowd movement in Chile when supporters tried to force in a stadium in Santiago where a COPA Libertadores match, the authorities announced.
A hundred supporters tried to force the entrance to the monumental stadium in the Chilean capital where a match between the Chilean Team of Colo and the Brazilians of Fortaleza was played. The police then intervened to contain the supporters and prevent them from entering. During the operation, a stampede caused the fall of a barrier, crushing the two victims.
“The prosecution is investigating the reasons for the death of two people. What we know is that one of the grids crushed these two young peopleThe prosecutor Francisco Morales told the press. We seek to know if a police car was involved “in the incident.”
Match finally canceled
According to preliminary parquet information, the two victims were 13 and 18 years old.
Police Director Alex Bahamondes told journalists that an agent had been charged.
Barbara Pérez, sister of one of the victims, said that a police vehicle had driven on the fence, causing his collapse on her 18 -year -old sister. “She arrived at the hospital without vital signs. She had a ticket in hand and her identity card”said Mrs. Pérez to journalists outside the medical center where she was transported. The Chilean Football Federation (ANFP) reported in a press release “His most categorical conviction of any act of violence in the context of football, both in the field and outside”.
The match was interrupted in the 65th following a field invasion by Colo Supporters, on a score of 0-0.
Outside the stadium, clashes have opposed ultras to the police, which used water cannons, noted an AFP photographer.
The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) finally announced the cancellation of the match.
[ad_2]
