Colombia soccer violence: 1 killed, 3 injured, 160 arrested
(AP)
Updated: 2006-09-26 08:42 BOGOTA -- A 25-year-old was killed and three
other soccer fans hospitalized in street clashes which ended with the arrests of
160 on Sunday, police said.
The violence began before a match when fans from Colombian league leader
Deportes Tolima, defying 1,000 police sent to reinforce security, barraged with
rocks and stones the bus carrying the visiting Millionarios squad from Bogota.
Following Tolima's 1-0 victory, the disturbances resumed and Millionarios fan
Alejando Galindo was killed when he was run over by a bus. Three more
Millionarios fans were taken to a hospital in Ibague, 130 kilometers (80 miles)
west of the capital, and released on Monday with light injuries, authorities
said.
Those arrested were under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Col. Gilberto
Ramirez, police commander in Tolima province, said on Monday.
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