Police Fire Rubber Bullets And Detain Dozens As Paraguay Derby Abandoned

Violent clashes betwixt fans and constabulary caused nan abandonment of a lucifer betwixt nan apical 2 sides successful Paraguay connected Sunday.

Hundreds of spectators escaped onto nan transportation arsenic constabulary fired rubber bullets and tear state into nan stands astatine nan Superclasico, played betwixt Olimpia and Cerro Porteno, some based successful superior metropolis Asuncion.

According to witnesses, nan problem began erstwhile firecrackers were detonated successful nan conception of nan Defensores del Chaco Stadium which was allocated to Cerro Porteno supporters.

The constabulary detained astir 100 people, and while it was not instantly clear whether immoderate fans had been injured, information forces reported that astatine slightest six officers were hurt, pinch 1 successful a superior condition.

David Torales, a spokesperson for a section hospital, said nan "officers sustained caput injuries, lacerations, including imaginable stab wounds, and different injuries".