Football fans suffer gunshot wounds

Published November 30, 2008

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 29: Three supporters suffered gunshot wounds, one seriously, after violence erupted between fans at an Argentine second division game in Cordoba, some 700km north of Buenos Aires, on Thursday, police said on Friday.

The shootings took place during the second half of the match between Belgrano de Cordoba and Tiro Federal de Rosario.

Last weekend, two fans were shot dead as trouble flared at the first division game between Santa Fe and Buenos Aires.

According to the official figures, since 1939, 185 people have died as a result of football-related violence.

But one organisation Save Football said the figure was 232, with five people killed in 2008 alone.—AFP

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