More than 1,000 Juventus soccer fans watching the Champions League final on screens in one of Turin’s main squares have been injured after loud bangs created panic and mayhem.
Key points:
- Panic thought to have been started by loud firecracker
- Seven-year-old boy among those seriously injured
- Real Madrid defeat Juventus 4-1 in final
About 1,400 people were treated for slight injuries, Italian media reported.
About seven people were seriously hurt, including a seven-year-old boy who was trampled.
Thousands of fans had gathered to watch the Champions League final on a giant screen in San Carlo Square.
The match, between Turin club Juventus and Real Madrid, was being played in Cardiff, Wales.
During the second half of the match, which Real Madrid went on to win 4-1, video cameras showed a sudden rush in the middle of the crowd in San Carlo square, and then a violent surge that flung people against barriers.
Many fans then began to run out of the centre of the square, screaming in fear.
The panic may have been started by the explosion of a loud firecracker that was mistaken for a bomb, a witness said.
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