At least 9 dead in stampede at a football match in Central America

At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampede brooke out during a football match in the Salvadoran league on Saturday.

Fans pushed through one of the access gates at the quarterfinal match, causing a stampede.

The National Civil Police Commissioner Mauricio Arriaza Chicas confirmed that 9 people died during the match between clubs Alianza and FAS at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan, which is about 25 miles (41 kilometers) northeast of the capital.

Arriaza Chicas, told reporters that seven adults and two minors had died.

At least two of the injured transported to hospitals were in critical condition, police said.

Play was suspended about 16 minutes into the match, when fans in the stands waving frantically began getting the attention of those on the field and carrying the injured out of a tunnel and down to the pitch.

Local television transmitted live images of the aftermath of the stampede by Alianza fans.

Dozens made it onto the field where they received medical treatment.

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