One dead, dozens injured in crush during rally at Peru soccer stadium

At slightest 1 idiosyncratic died and 60 others were injured successful what seemed to beryllium a crush of fans astatine a fashionable shot team's stadium successful the Peruvian superior connected Friday night, authorities reported.

Police said officers rescued radical trapped arsenic a effect of the influx of Alianza Lima fans successful the southbound stands of the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium the nighttime earlier their team's scheduled crippled against their biggest rival, Universitario.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health had reported the illness of a partition wrong the stadium. Both the constabulary and Alianza Lima denied this successful abstracted statements.

Relatives hold for quality astatine the entranceway of the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium connected April 3, 2026. Connie FRANCE /AFP via Getty Images

Fire brigadier Marcos Pajuelo said determination was astatine slightest 1 fatality and dozens of injured radical who were taken to hospitals successful the capital. He said they don't cognize the cause. The Ministry of Health said 60 radical had been reported injured truthful far.

Videos broadcast by section tv stations showed a ample assemblage of fans successful the southbound stands amidst an detonation of fireworks. Other videos showed seemingly injured radical sitting successful the stands wrong the stadium. Photos amusement an ambulance extracurricular the facility. 

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