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Turin stampede: '1,500 injured' at Juventus screening | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
About 1,500 people were injured in the Italian city of Turin after a firecracker provoked a stampede on Saturday night, police say. | |
Thousands of football fans were watching a live relay of Juventus' Champions League final against Real Madrid in Cardiff when a bang was heard and rumours of an explosion spread. | Thousands of football fans were watching a live relay of Juventus' Champions League final against Real Madrid in Cardiff when a bang was heard and rumours of an explosion spread. |
At least seven people, including a seven-year-old child, were seriously hurt, local media say. | |
Real defeated Juventus 4-1. | |
It is the 12th Champions League title for Real Madrid. | |
With 10 minutes of the second half remaining, crowds rushed away from the centre of Piazza San Carlo, crushing people against barriers. | With 10 minutes of the second half remaining, crowds rushed away from the centre of Piazza San Carlo, crushing people against barriers. |
Bags and shoes were left scattered on the ground as people ran screaming out of the square. | Bags and shoes were left scattered on the ground as people ran screaming out of the square. |
Some of the injuries occurred when a barrier around the entrance to an underground car park gave way. | Some of the injuries occurred when a barrier around the entrance to an underground car park gave way. |
While most of the wounded had cuts on their legs and arms, seven were still in hospital, local media reported. | |
Three of them were reportedly in a critical condition, including a seven-year-old boy who had head and chest injuries after he was trampled by people rushing to escape. | |
There was anger locally that the authorities did not do more to put in place proper crowd control measures, the BBC's James Reynolds in Rome reports. | |
For some Juventus fans, the incident brought back traumatic memories of the 1985 Heysel stadium disaster, where 39 people, most of them Italian fans, died after being crushed against a wall that then collapsed before the European Cup final against Liverpool. |