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Soccer fans fall to their deaths in Brazil
Cnn.com ^ | Nov 25, 2007 | AP

Posted on 11/25/2007 8:53:37 PM PST by RDTF

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Eight people died Sunday after a section of stands at a soccer stadium in northeastern Brazil collapsed as cheering fans jumped up and down at the end of a game, police said.

At least nine people fell through a section of the highest bleachers at the Fonte Nova stadium in the coastal city of Salvador, and eight were killed, said Maj. Edmilson Tavares of the city's federal police.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: brazil; brazilsoccer; fontenovastadium; salvador; soccer; tragedy

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