At least nine killed in El Salvador stadium stampede

At slightest 9 radical person died aft a stampede astatine a shot stadium successful El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, officials person said.

Police said 7 men and 2 women were among the dead, with each the victims implicit the property of 18.

The crush occurred during a lucifer betwixt section squad Alianza and Santa Ana based squad Fas astatine the Monumental stadium.

The lucifer was subsequently suspended with astir 10 minutes played.

The catastrophe reportedly occurred aft a stampede began erstwhile a ample fig of fans tried to participate the venue aft the gates had been closed.

The 2 sides had been facing disconnected successful a quarter-finals clash of the country's premier division, and footage shared by section media appeared to amusement fans attempting to propulsion down barricades implicit teh stadium's entrance.

"It was an avalanche of fans who overran the gate," a unpaid with the Rescue Commandos archetypal assistance radical told journalists. "Some were inactive nether the metallic successful the tunnel. Others managed to marque it to the stands and past to the tract and were smothered."

The Twitter relationship for Press Secretary of the Presidency posted archetypal responders were connected the country and 2 victims successful captious information had been transferred to the San Rafael hospital.

Images released showed radical making their mode onto the transportation wherever they received aesculapian treatment, portion section media had earlier transmitted unrecorded footage of the stampede.

El Salvador's wellness minister, Francisco Alabi, tweeted that the authorities had deployed ambulances from adjacent hospitals to the stadium with the injured being sent to antithetic nationalist institutions for treatment.

Mr Alabi besides called for the nationalist to cautiously evacuate the country to marque it easier for aesculapian teams to transportation retired care.

In a abbreviated statement, the Salvadoran Soccer Federation said it regretted what had happened and voiced enactment for the victims' families.