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4 dead as rival fans fight before Honduran soccer game

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AP Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
Last Updated : Aug 19 2019 | 5:15 AM IST

A fourth victim has died from injuries sustained during a fight between fans of the rival Honduran soccer teams Motagua and Olimpia, a hospital spokeswoman has said.

The violence began when fans of the Olimpia team threw stones and other objects Saturday evening at a bus carrying Motagua players to the National Stadium, breaking windows and injuring three players.

Emilio Izaguirre, a former player for Scotland's Celtic club, sustained a cut near his eye. Paraguayan Roberto Moreira and Argentine Jonathan Rougier were also injured by glass fragments.

Bus driver Marcos Castellanos said the vehicle was hit as he drove the Motagua players down a street in the capital of Tegucigalpa.

"We were leaving the hotel when about 250 people attacked the bus with bottles in the street," said Castellanos, describing the attackers as "furious."

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First Published: Aug 19 2019 | 5:15 AM IST

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