Brazilian derby marks a black day in world football
July 9, 2017 04:31 pm
Football fan shot dead by police in Rio de Janeiro derby between Vasco da Gama and Flamengo.
Internet Desk: A football fan of Brazil was killed in a violence which happened in Rio de Janerio after a derby clash between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama, media reports confirmed today.
An unidentified person was shot on his throat and three others spectators were hit by bullets in the gunfight at the end of the game. The three injured persons were released from hospital later but the city police failed to give any confirmed details of the incident.
The violence erupted after the home side Vasco da Gama faced a 1-0 lost to their arch-rivals Flamengo.
Supporters threw home-made rockets and fireworks inside the ground and players were forced to sprint from the pitch to avoid being hit. Fans battled on the terraces and then continued to fight outside the ground.
The incident is the latest in a string of violence related to Brazilian football. Scores of people have been killed in recent years.
Ajax midfielder Abdelhak Nouri has suffered serious and permanent brain damage after he collapsed during Saturday's friendly against Werder Bremen, the Eredivisie club confirmed.
Nouri was treated on the field during the game — which was subsequently abandoned — at Lindenstadion in Hippach, Austria, before a trauma helicopter arrived and the 20-year-old was taken to hospital.
Although Nouri recovered a stable heart rate and Ajax confirmed on Monday that his heart was functioning normally, doctors were unable to examine his brain until he was brought out of an induced coma.
People stand before a collapsed wall at Demba Diop stadium in Dakar. (AFP Photo)
DAKAR: Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday, the sports minister said, as a wall collapsed onto clashing supporters triggering a panicked stampede.
Sports minister Matar Ba said a young girl was among the dead, while around 60 injured fans had been taken to health facilities in Dakar.
He vowed "strong measures so that such an event will never be repeated in Senegal."
A mass deployment of firefighters and ambulances remained at the scene late Saturday.
An AFP journalist who attended the match described a stadium full to bursting with people for the long-awaited clash between local teams US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour.
At 2-1 during extra time, US Ouakam supporters began throwing stones at Stade de Mbour fans, causing spectators to begin vacating their seats in a rush, the journalist said.
Part of a wall supporting bleachers seating fans from both sides then collapsed, while police had begun firing tear gas and panic spread in the stadium leading to a crush.
"All of a sudden when the wall fell... we knew exactly that some of our own had lost their lives because the wall fell directly onto people," said Cheikh Maba Diop, a witness who helped evacuate victims from the stadium and lost a friend in the tragedy.
Also speaking at the scene, football fan Mara Die Diouf said policing at the stadium had been inadequate.
"What I find terrible is that we have this kind of final in this kind of stadium here where there isn't enough security," he said.
Diouf described police retreating from an area separating the two teams' supporters once projectiles began being thrown, triggering dangerous movements by spectators unable to defend themselves.
AFP journalists at the scene saw belongings covered in blood at the site, with a pair of glasses and clothing strewn among broken pieces of concrete.
Campaigning for Senegal's legislative elections due on July 30 would on Sunday be suspended in respect for the victims, said a spokesman for President Macky Sall.
Sall also wanted "punishments serving as a warning," following the tragedy, spokesman El Hamidou Kasse said on TFM television.
Senegal's safety record at large gatherings has been heavily criticised this year after the death of dozens of people at a religious retreat in April when a fire ripped through makeshift shelters.
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Brazilian derby marks a black day in world football
Football fan shot dead by police in Rio de Janeiro derby between Vasco da Gama and Flamengo.
Internet Desk: A football fan of Brazil was killed in a violence which happened in Rio de Janerio after a derby clash between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama, media reports confirmed today.
An unidentified person was shot on his throat and three others spectators were hit by bullets in the gunfight at the end of the game. The three injured persons were released from hospital later but the city police failed to give any confirmed details of the incident.
The violence erupted after the home side Vasco da Gama faced a 1-0 lost to their arch-rivals Flamengo.
Supporters threw home-made rockets and fireworks inside the ground and players were forced to sprint from the pitch to avoid being hit. Fans battled on the terraces and then continued to fight outside the ground.
The incident is the latest in a string of violence related to Brazilian football. Scores of people have been killed in recent years.
Nouri was treated on the field during the game — which was subsequently abandoned — at Lindenstadion in Hippach, Austria, before a trauma helicopter arrived and the 20-year-old was taken to hospital.
Although Nouri recovered a stable heart rate and Ajax confirmed on Monday that his heart was functioning normally, doctors were unable to examine his brain until he was brought out of an induced coma.
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Eight dead in Senegal football stadium crush
AFP | Jul 16, 2017, 08:56 AM ISTPeople stand before a collapsed wall at Demba Diop stadium in Dakar. (AFP Photo)
DAKAR: Eight people were killed during Senegal's football league cup final in Dakar on Saturday, the sports minister said, as a wall collapsed onto clashing supporters triggering a panicked stampede.
Sports minister Matar Ba said a young girl was among the dead, while around 60 injured fans had been taken to health facilities in Dakar.
He vowed "strong measures so that such an event will never be repeated in Senegal."
A mass deployment of firefighters and ambulances remained at the scene late Saturday.
An AFP journalist who attended the match described a stadium full to bursting with people for the long-awaited clash between local teams US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour.
At 2-1 during extra time, US Ouakam supporters began throwing stones at Stade de Mbour fans, causing spectators to begin vacating their seats in a rush, the journalist said.
Part of a wall supporting bleachers seating fans from both sides then collapsed, while police had begun firing tear gas and panic spread in the stadium leading to a crush.
"All of a sudden when the wall fell... we knew exactly that some of our own had lost their lives because the wall fell directly onto people," said Cheikh Maba Diop, a witness who helped evacuate victims from the stadium and lost a friend in the tragedy.
Also speaking at the scene, football fan Mara Die Diouf said policing at the stadium had been inadequate.
"What I find terrible is that we have this kind of final in this kind of stadium here where there isn't enough security," he said.
Diouf described police retreating from an area separating the two teams' supporters once projectiles began being thrown, triggering dangerous movements by spectators unable to defend themselves.
Campaigning for Senegal's legislative elections due on July 30 would on Sunday be suspended in respect for the victims, said a spokesman for President Macky Sall.
Sall also wanted "punishments serving as a warning," following the tragedy, spokesman El Hamidou Kasse said on TFM television.
Senegal's safety record at large gatherings has been heavily criticised this year after the death of dozens of people at a religious retreat in April when a fire ripped through makeshift shelters.