2023-05-21 03:09:00
What happened?
The number of deaths increased to twelve this Saturday in a stampede of fans who went to the Estadio cuscatlan of San Salvador to see a match in the local soccer tournament between the Alianza and FAS teams, reported the National Civil Police (PNC).
“Preliminarily, we have a negative result of twelve victimsnine that are here in the stadium and three more that we have been informed are in different hospitals,” the director of the PNC, Mauricio Arriaza, told the press.
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Tragedy in soccer in El Salvador
“Salvadoran soccer is in mourning,” Arriaza said regarding the tragedy that in the first instance had resulted in the balance of nine deaths. Added to the deceased several fans injured“at least 2 of them in critical condition,” the police added.
According to the security body, “the first information points to a stampede of fans who tried to get in to watch the game between Alliance and FAS”.
the match was suspended while the relief forces evacuated people from the scene, in an operation that involved hundreds of police officers and military personnel. The atmosphere was one of confusion around the stadium, where the intense wailing of ambulance sirens predominated.
More than 500 attentions
The spokesman for the rescue group Comandos de Salvamento, Carlos Fuentes, declared at first instance that there were seven men and two women. A balance that climbed to twelve deaths hours later.
Regarding the people helped, he said that “preliminarily more than 500 attentions are handled” that were concentrated in the “popular sun” sector of the stadium, with capacity for some 35,000 people, located in the southwestern sector of San Salvador.
Las 100 people in a more serious state They were transferred to national hospitals and to the Salvadoran Social Security Institute, some showed signs of suffocation and others “different types of trauma.”
As for how the incident started, Fuentes said that “apparently one of the gates of the sun sector fell and that caused people to crowd“. Players from the teams that were going to face each other in the closing of the quarterfinals of the local soccer tournament joined in caring for the injured inside the stadium.
Bukele announces exhaustive investigation
He President of El Salvador, Nayib BukeleHe said an investigation is underway to determine who is responsible.
“The PNC and the Prosecutor’s Office will carry out an exhaustive investigation of the events that occurred at the Cuscatlán Stadium. Everyone will be investigated: teams, managers, Stadium, ticket office, league, Federation, etc.”, Bukele posted on Twitter.
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