Twelve people were killed and hundreds injured on Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador soccer stadium, report received from police and emergency services.
The incident began when crush of fans tried to enter Cuscatlan Stadium in the Central American country’s capital San Salvador after the stadium gate fell to watch a local tournament match between teams Alianza and FAS.The match was however suspended as emergency personnel evacuated people from the stadium, where hundreds of police officers and soldiers gathered as ambulance sirens wailed.
“Salvadoran soccer is in mourning,” National Civil Police (PNC) director Mauricio Arriaza said as he confirmed the death toll of 12.About 100 people in serious condition were taken to hospital, with some showing signs of asphyxia and other types of trauma, Fuentes said. 
Among the survivors, Sandra Guzman, 40, left a capital hospital early Sunday with a bandage on her left knee, walking with difficulty alongside her friend, Javier Ramirez, 31.Both said this was the “first and last time” they would experience such a misfortune because they would not return to the stadium.
“A large crowd of people fell on me. I couldn’t even breathe, they were choking me,” Guzman said. “People were pushing me to get in, they didn’t give me a chance to go back. When I came to see, I panicked, I had a lot of people on top of me.“I fainted, and when I woke up I was in the hospital.”
In a statement on Sunday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino offered his condolences to the families and friends of the victims, calling the stampede “tragic.”However , El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said the PNC and the Attorney General’s Office would investigate the incident and those responsible would be punished.“Everyone will be investigated: teams, managers, stadium, box office, league, federation,” Bukele said on Twitter.
Due to the incident, the federation said “All soccer is suspended at the national level” on Sunday.
