{"id":69309,"date":"2023-05-22T11:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T11:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/22\/12-killed-in-el-salvador-stampede\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T11:27:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T11:27:05","slug":"12-killed-in-el-salvador-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/22\/12-killed-in-el-salvador-stampede\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Killed In El Salvador Stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>An injured fan is carried to the field of Cuscatlan stadium in El Salvador<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At least 12 people died and an unspecified number were injured in a stampede at a soccer stadium in El Salvador on Saturday, the Central American country\u2019s government said.<\/p>\n<p>Alianza FC and Club Deportivo FAS were playing the second leg of their playoff quarterfinal game at the Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, the country\u2019s capital, when play was suspended after a stampede broke out in the general section.<\/p>\n<p>The venue is one of the largest stadiums in Central America and has an official capacity of more than 44,000 fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Salvadoran Football Federation deeply regrets the events that occurred at the Cuscatlan Stadium,\u201d the organisation wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also expresses solidarity with the relatives of those affected and deceased in this incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The federation added that they would immediately request a report on the incident while also suspending the tournament after Saturday\u2019s events, calling for a meeting with the Security Commission of Sports Venues on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said the National Civil Police and the Attorney General\u2019s Office would conduct a \u201cthorough investigation\u201d into the events at the stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone will be investigated: teams, managers, stadium, box office, league, federation, etc. Whoever the culprits are, they will not go unpunished,\u201d Bukele wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes after a deadly stampede killed 135 spectators at a stadium in Indonesia\u2019s East Java in October 2022. 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