A TEENAGER is said to be fighting for his life after horrifying scenes at a fourth division match in Argentina.
The local Buenos Aires derby between Club Lujan and Club Alem was suspended inside 15 minutes as chaos engulfed Lujan’s Campo Municipal de Deportes stadium.
Local reports claim a young man, 18, has been seriously injured after gunshots rang out in the vicinity of the match.
It is claimed visiting ultras arrived in cars and opened fire at home supporters gathered in pubs and bars near the stadium – with at least seven injured from the hail of bullets.
Fighting also broke out inside and around the ground, with other injuries sustained from brawling and objects being thrown.
Police fired rubber bullets to try and disperse the warring groups.
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It is also reported that a ‘sound bomb’ was thrown and landed near the visitors’ dug out, with the referee first suspending the game before quickly abandoning it and taking the players to safety.
Chaotic video shows fans fighting and throwing missiles while others run away in terror.
One video – too graphic to share – showed a boy clutch his stomach while covered in blood as a paramedic gives him urgent care.
The wounded and injured were transferred to the nearby Municipal Hospital Nuestra Senora de Lujan.
A statement on Alem’s Facebook page read: “Unfortunately the classic was suspended due to incidents.
“What should be a football party is overshadowed by a group of violent people.”
Alem coach Horacio Fabregat is quoted by Ole as saying: “We are inside the locker room, we have no way to get out because we don’t have a microphone and we are waiting [to find out] how we are going to go home.
“The leaders [of the club] are with us and the people of Lujan are seeing how we can [leave].
URGENTE:
Duro enfrentamiento entre las hinchadas de Alem y Lujan a los tiros. Hay 15 heridos de bala y 5 de gravedad. Los jugadores atrincherados en el vestuario. pic.twitter.com/KH3aE6fJeD
— Gustavo (@gabruzo) July 10, 2022
AHORA !
Graves incidentes en el partido entre #Lujan y #Alem
Integrantes de la barra brava de Alem disparó contra integrantes de la barra brava de Luján en las adyacencias del estadio cuando iban 15 minutos de partido. pic.twitter.com/xilDEToaLn
— Avellaneda_Real (@avellaneda_real) July 10, 2022
“I was the first to see that something was happening, I called the fourth referee and asked him to stop the game.
“From then on they asked us to get inside the field, they began to throw stones at us and a very loud bomb fell near the [dugout].
“I know it was something serious that happened outside, but we don’t know who what happened.”