MC Alger fans are mourning after three spectators died and over 70 others were injured when they fell from a stadium upper stand during the team’s second consecutive top-flight title win. The Beni Messous University Hospital treated 38 injured people, while the Ben Aknoun Hospital received 27, with the Bab El Oued Hospital seeing 16 cases.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune extended condolences to the victims’ families and wished speedy recovery for the injured. MC Alger club shared a heartbreaking message on Instagram, saying that one of their supporters, Younes Amguzzi, died after falling from the upper stands. The team has yet to comment on the other fatalities.
Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/45560953/three-dead-70-injured-algeria-stadium-fall