SAN SALVADOR: The death toll in the El Salvador soccer stadium stamped has increased to 12 and about 90 others were injured, The New York Times reported citing the authorities.
The authorities, giving details about the case and the progress of the investigation, said that the audience may have caused the stadium’s Wi-Fi to malfunction leading to problems with QR codes on the ticket and resulting in people being stuck at the southern gate of the stadium. The authorities further stated that due to the ticketing problem, the queue became long and some fans had also forced their way into the stadium through the southern gate, where those who buy cheaper tickets typically enter.
This highly anticipated match turned into a chaotic scene as fans rushed to save people suffocating under a mass of bodies, according to The New York Times. Local news organizations have raised questions about whether too many tickets had been sold for the match.
The tumult appears to have started about 20 minutes into the game when the teams remained tied, The New York Times reported. On a live stream of the match posted on YouTube, game commentators said they could see some type of commotion in the stands, noting that some people appeared to have lost consciousness. Fans eventually stepped onto the field, and the game was suspended, the commentators said in the live stream, as per the report in The New York Times. (ANI)
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