Argentine soccer stadium shut after riot

By Xinhua

Buenos Aires : Courts in the Argentine capital have ordered the closure of Nuevo Chicago soccer club's stadium after its fans rioted, killing a supporter of the team that knocked it out of the first division.


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Prosecution tribunal passed the order Monday saying the ground will remain closed until it is decided whether the club's bosses are also responsible for the attacks.

Nuevo Chicago fans invaded the pitch when a Tigre player was about to take a penalty. They ripped off the Tigre player's uniforms. As the players fled to the dugout, the rioters threw rocks, iron missiles and posters at rival fans.

Alberto Crescenti, director of the city's emergency medical help system, told media that a 41-year-old Tigre fan died from a head injury, inflicted by a rock, after the match.

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