At least 60 fans were injured in a stampede near the stadium in Trash where the final will be held this Thursday gulf cup between the teams of Iraq and Oman, the official news agency of Iraq reported, IN A.
Witnesses consulted by EFE in Trash They confirmed that at least one of the injured died after “falling and drowning” in the chaos, something official sources have not yet confirmed.
“The stampede between fans around the stadium caused injuries to 60 fans,” he said. IN Awhich assured that “most of the injuries are minor”, citing a medical source in Trashabout 450 kilometers south of Baghdad.
According to police sources and witnesses, thousands of people began to gather on Wednesday night around the stadium. Trash who attended the national team match and Oman, at the end of gulf cup, which will be played in the afternoon. The crowd has been trying since this morning to get near the entrances of the stadium.
This is the second incident related to gulf cupthen last Monday a traffic accident caused the death of seven fans and the injury of another thirty, when they were attending the match between their team and Qatar, in the semifinals (2-1).
Source: La Verdad
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