Reuters
[Source: Reuters]
At least 12 people died and an unspecified number were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador, the Central American government tweeted.
On Saturday night, the Alianza F.C. and Club Deportivo FAS teams were playing a quarter-final game at the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the capital.
Play was suspended after a stampede broke out in the general section of the stadium, a venue with a capacity for more than 44,000 fans.
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The tweet added the organization would immediately request a report on the incident.
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