A view of the aftermath of a stampede on the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, Might 20, 2023, on this image obtained from social media. Cruz Verde Salvadorena/through REUTERS
Alianza FC have been handed a one-year stadium ban and fined $30,000, the Salvadoran Soccer Federation stated after no less than 12 folks died and an unspecified quantity had been injured in a stampede throughout Saturday’s recreation in opposition to Membership Deportivo FAS.
Alianza and Membership Deportivo had been enjoying the second leg of their playoff quarter-final recreation on the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the nation’s capital, when play was suspended after a stampede broke out within the normal part.
The venue is likely one of the largest stadiums in Central America and has an official capability of greater than 44,000 followers.
The federation stated Deportivo FAS would advance to the subsequent spherical after being declared 2-0 winners.
It added that Alianza FC must play their video games behind closed doorways for a yr and that they’ve till July 21 to pay the effective.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has stated the Nationwide Civil Police and the Lawyer Normal’s Workplace would conduct a “thorough investigation” into the occasions on the stadium.
The incident in El Salvador comes after a lethal stampede final yr killed 135 spectators at a stadium in Indonesia’s East Java in October. Many had been crushed as they fled for exits after police fired tear fuel into the group.
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