{"id":325216,"date":"2017-06-04T08:29:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T08:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325216"},"modified":"2017-06-04T08:29:05","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T08:29:05","slug":"1000-injured-in-turin-stampede-italian-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/1000-injured-in-turin-stampede-italian-police\/","title":{"rendered":"1,000 injured in Turin stampede – Italian police"},"content":{"rendered":"
About 1,000 people were injured in the Italian city of Turin after a firecracker provoked a stampede on Saturday night, police say.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
At least two people, including a seven-year-old child, were seriously hurt.<\/p>\n
Real defeated Juventus 4-1 to win the Champions League for the 12th time.<\/p>\n
With 10 minutes of the second half remaining, crowds rushed away from the centre of Piazza San Carlo, crushing people against barriers.<\/p>\n
Bags and shoes were left scattered on the ground as people ran screaming out of the square.<\/p>\n
A seven-year-old boy is reported to be in critical condition in hospital with head and chest injuries.<\/p>\n
Some of the injuries occurred when a barrier around the entrance to an underground car park gave way.<\/p>\n
For some Juventus fans, the incident brought back traumatic memories of the 1985 Heysel stadium disaster, where 39 people, most of them Italians fans, were killed when a wall collapsed on them before the European Cup final against Liverpool.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
About 1,000 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. At least two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[7779,1757,7780],"yoast_head":"\n