“We are going to investigate from the ticket sales, the entries into the stadium, but especially the southern zone.”
At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday.
An injured fan is carried to the field of Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 20, 2023.Soccer players attend a fan lying on the field of the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 20, 2023.Play was suspended about 16 minutes into the match when fans in the stands waving frantically began getting the attention of those on the field and carrying the injured out of a tunnel and down to the pitch.
Soccer fans are assisted by others fans at the field of the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 20, 2023.Fans are seen rushing onto the field of Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 20, 2023.Pedro Hernández, president of El Salvador soccer’s first division, said the preliminary information he had was that the stampede occurred because fans managed to push through a gate into the stadium.
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