(ANSA) - GUATEMALA CITY, SEPTEMBER 15 - At least nine people died and over 20 were injured last night in Xela, Guatemala, due to the crowds at the end of a concert for national independence.
The newspaper Prensa Libre reports it.
A spokesperson for the volunteer firefighters of the town, the newspaper specifies on its online page, reported that the incident occurred due to "a stampede of people at the exit of a concert in the Quetzaltenango fairground", as Xela is better. known.
For the moment, the authorities have not revealed the identity of the deceased.
There are numerous ambulances on the spot, while the prosecutor's office and the national police are already at work to try to reconstruct the dynamics of the accident that caused the serious toll of deaths and injuries.
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