Fans angry at being blocked from entering a Salvadoran soccer league match despite having tickets knocked down a small access gate to the stadium, creating a crush that killed 12 people and injured dozens, officials and witnesses said Sunday.
Diego Armando, 14, said he went with this father to watch Saturday night's quarterfinals match between clubs Alianza and Fas at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan in southern San Salvador, the nation's capital.
His father, Hectór Rivas, said the crush occurred because there were only two small gates open and the rest were closed. "El Salvador is in mourning," said a statement from the press office of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which confirmed that at least 12 people were dead. "It was a night of terror. I never thought something like this would happen to me," sAlianza fan Tomas Renderos said as he left a hospital where he had received medical attention."Fortunately I only have a few bruises ... but not everyone had my luck."
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