Tragedy in El Salvador: 12 dead in a stampede at the stadium in the match between Alianza and FAS

Saturday night at soccer The Savior a sports tragedy took center stage. A stampede in the stadium cuscatlan resulted in the death of 12 people and another 100 were injured.

The Government Press Secretary Salvadoran was the number of deaths. The incidents and productions when the fans tried to enter one of the popular areas of the stadium to witness a game between the alliance and the Santanecos Associated Soccer Players (FAS).

According to a local newspaper, The printing press they assured that “The events occurred because the doors of the general sector were closed and the overcrowding of fans led to a stampede and several fans to faint.”.

“It was an avalanche of fans who broke down the gate, some were left under the iron in the tunnel, others managed to get to the stands and then to the pitch and were suffocating,” one of the volunteers from the clubs told the chroniclers. Rescue Commandos.

Finally, Nayib Bukele, Salvadoran president, released a statement assuring that an exhaustive investigation will be carried out to find the details of what happened.

“The Police and the Prosecutor’s Office will carry out an exhaustive investigation of the events that occurred in the Cuscatlán Stadium. Everyone will be investigated: teams, managers, stadium, ticket office, league, federation, etc..”, communicated through Twitter and added that “whoever is guilty, will not go unpunished”.

The testimony of a fan of what happened in the stadium