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More than 1,500 Juventus fans in Turin injured after stampede
Source: The Observer
More than 1,500 Juventus fans in Turin injured after stampede
• Witnesses suggest firecrackers mistaken for explosions caused panic and crowd surge
• Three people seriously hurt, including seven-year-old boy
Sam Jones
Sunday 4 June 2017 04.36 BST
More than 1,500 people are thought to have been injured – three of them seriously – after Juventus fans watching the Champions League final stampeded in a Turin square after mistaking firecrackers for an explosion or gunshots.
Thousands of people had gathered in Piazza San Carlo on Saturday night to watch Juventus play Real Madrid on giant TV screens. During the second half of the match loud bangs led to a sudden rush in the middle of the crowd, causing a surge that flung people against barriers.
Many were trampled as people began to run out of the centre of the square, screaming in fear. The stampede may been started by the explosion of a loud firecracker that was mistaken for a bomb, some witnesses suggested.
“I heard an explosion, which must have been a huge firecracker,” a witness told La Stampa, one of Italy’s daily newspapers. However, another suggested it may have been the result of a security barrier falling over.
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• Witnesses suggest firecrackers mistaken for explosions caused panic and crowd surge
• Three people seriously hurt, including seven-year-old boy
Sam Jones
Sunday 4 June 2017 04.36 BST
More than 1,500 people are thought to have been injured – three of them seriously – after Juventus fans watching the Champions League final stampeded in a Turin square after mistaking firecrackers for an explosion or gunshots.
Thousands of people had gathered in Piazza San Carlo on Saturday night to watch Juventus play Real Madrid on giant TV screens. During the second half of the match loud bangs led to a sudden rush in the middle of the crowd, causing a surge that flung people against barriers.
Many were trampled as people began to run out of the centre of the square, screaming in fear. The stampede may been started by the explosion of a loud firecracker that was mistaken for a bomb, some witnesses suggested.
“I heard an explosion, which must have been a huge firecracker,” a witness told La Stampa, one of Italy’s daily newspapers. However, another suggested it may have been the result of a security barrier falling over.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jun/03/juventus-fans-injured-turin-square-panic-firecrackers
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No bombs or guns to buy or make -- all you need is something that can sound like gunshot or explosion?
rocktivity