90 arrested, 10 hurt at football match in Argentina following fan violence

Ten people were injured and 90 arrested on Wednesday after violent clashes between rival fans during a Copa Sudamericana match involving Argentina’s Independiente and visiting Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires, club officials and police said.

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A stun grenade was among the objects hurled by fans as the last-16 second-leg encounter in the regional competition at the Libertadores de America stadium was initially suspended shortly after half-time and eventually abandoned.

In shocking and chaotic scenes, one fan of the Chilean visitors jumped from the stands to escape attacking opposing supporters after being cornered.

Home supporters beat and stripped some visiting fans of their clothes after storming the away end, an Agence France-Presse reporter at the scene said.

The violence had flared at half-time when fans of the Chilean side began throwing stones, sticks, bottles and seats at a section housing home supporters.

Fans clash in the stands during Independiente’s clash with Universidad de Chile. Photo: EPA

“We have 90 people detained outside the stadium because they tried to cause trouble and they have already been taken to the police station,” a source from the security ministry told Agence France-Presse.

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