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At least 1 idiosyncratic was killed and respective were injured connected Friday (April 3, 2026) up of a derby match astatine the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium successful the Peruvian capital, said club Alianza Lima, a time earlier it faces off against Universitario.
The nine offered condolences and solidarity for the casualties, which media said included 60 injured during a “flag-waving event” at the stadium, popularly known arsenic Matute.
“We are afloat and transparently collaborating with the competent authorities,” the nine added successful its statement, vowing “total transparency” successful helping to clarify the facts of an incidental whose origin was not immediately clear.
Alianza Lima ruled retired immoderate structural failures astatine the stadium, arsenic did a occurrence official.
“Based connected what has been assessed, nary operation has been affected,” occurrence authoritative Marco Pajuelo told quality transmission Canal N, saying an archetypal inspection showed nary 1 had fallen into a pit. “There hasn’t been immoderate debris.”
Saturday’s (April 4, 2026) lucifer would proceed arsenic planned, the Peruvian Professional Soccer League said.
“We volition proceed to enactment intimately with the clubs and authorities to beforehand harmless environments some wrong and extracurricular the stadiums,” it added successful a statement.
