The tragedy occurred in the soccerwhen at least 12 dead after an avalanche occurred this Saturday, in a soccer stadium in El Salvadorinformed authorities of the Central American country.
The first investigations point to a stampede of fans that He tried to enter to watch the match between the Alianza and FAS teams.
“The death toll has increased to 12, after the stampede in the Cuscatlán stadium during the match between @AlianzaFC_sv and @CDeportivoFAS”published on Twitter the Press Secretary of the Presidency.
The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, warned that a thorough investigation will be carried out of the events that occurred at the Cuscatlán Stadium.
“Everyone will be investigated: teams, managers, stadium, ticket office, league, federation. Whoever the culprits are, they will not go unpunished,” he published. bukele on his Twitter account.
The word of the director of the National Police
The director of the National Civil Police (PNC), Mauricio Arriazatold journalists that the saturation of ticket sales and crowds at the entrances to the stadium caused the tragedy.
“We have found that there was an oversaturation of electronic (ticket) sales. There were crowds and, in an effort to watch the game, some fans wanted to open the gate, when they open it they generate a mob, which some of us call a stampede, and in the end the The result is the death of people. It is an unfortunate fact,” said Arriaza.
Images uploaded to social networks They show when fans break down an access gate to the stadium, which caused the subsequent stampede.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Francisco Alabíreported that about 90 patients have been treated for multiple traumas, and that most of them are stable.
“The Salvadoran Football Federation deeply regrets the events that occurred in the Cuscatlan Stadium. It also expresses its solidarity with the relatives of the people affected and deceased in this incident,” said Fesfut.
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