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03rd Jun 2017

Massive commotion at the fan park in Turin where fans gathered to watch Champions League Final

Currently there has been no official explanation of what caused the panic

Carl Kinsella

Videos of commotion in a Turin fan park where Juventus fans gathered to watch the Champions League Final prompted online rumours of an explosion on Saturday evening.

Video footage appears to show commotion in an area where many in Juventus jerseys are gathered, though the circumstances around the fracas remain unclear.

Italian football journalist Tancredo Palmeri is currently Persicoping from the site, and has referred to a “stampede,” and can be heard saying that “it is not clear what it is happening.”

He said that he saw people “with blood on their heads” but that were “no noise of an explosion.”

As the video continues, Palmeri speaks to people who seem to explain that there was incident where bottles were thrown causing many people to run, but that no explosions were heard. Currently there has been no official explanation of what caused the panic.

More to follow…