El Salvador - Crowd crush at soccer match, 12 killed - San Salvador, 20 May 2023

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12 Killed, Dozens Injured in El Salvador Soccer Stadium Stampede

Officials and witnesses say that fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match knocked down an entrance gate to the stadium, leading to a crush that killed 12 people and injured dozens.

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Fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match despite having tickets knocked down a small access gate to the stadium, creating a crush that killed 12 people and injured dozens, officials and witnesses said Sunday.

Diego Armando, 14, said he went with this father to watch Saturday night's quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation's capital.

He recalled being in the crowd when the tragedy struck. “There were so many people that the small gate couldn't support them and it went down,” he told Channel 12 television.