The incident occurred within the nation’s capital metropolis, San Salvador.
San Salvador, El Salvador:
9 folks have been killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium the place soccer followers had gathered to look at a neighborhood event, police stated.
“The variety of deaths after the stampede on the Cuscatlan Stadium quantities to 9,” the Nationwide Civil Police posted on Twitter.
ACTUALIZACIÓN:
El número de fallecidos tras la estampida en el Estadio Cuscatlán asciende a 9.
Varios aficionados lesionados están siendo trasladados hacia los hospitales cercanos, al menos 2 de ellos en condición crÃtica.
— PNC El Salvador (@PNCSV) Might 21, 2023
The safety company additionally famous that “a number of” injured folks, together with at the very least two in important situation, have been being taken to close by hospitals.
The police stated preliminary studies level to a crush of followers who tried to enter the stadium within the Central American nation’s capital San Salvador to look at a match between groups Alianza and FAS.
The match was suspended as emergency employees evacuated the attendees.
El Salvador’s Inside Minister Juan Carlos Bidegain stated the civil safety service’s first responders have been on the scene and attending to folks impacted by the incident.
The match was suspended as emergency personnel evacuated folks from the stadium, the place a whole lot of law enforcement officials and troopers gathered as ambulance sirens wailed.
The stampede occurred as folks have been making an attempt to enter the stadium.
Well being Minister Francisco Alabi stated the nation’s hospital community was “offering medical care to all sufferers” within the aftermath of the stampede.
The tragedy comes seven months after 135 folks together with greater than 40 kids died in a stampede following a soccer match in Malang, Indonesia.
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