BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Ten people were injured and 90 arrested on Wednesday (Aug 20) after violent clashes between rival fans during a Copa Sudamericana match involving Argentina's Independiente and visiting Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires, club officials and police said.
A stun grenade was among the objects hurled by fans as the last-16 second-leg encounter in the regional football competition at the Libertadores de America stadium was initially suspended shortly after half-time and eventually abandoned.
In shocking and chaotic scenes, one fan of the Chilean visitors jumped from the stands to escape attacking opposing supporters after being cornered.
Home supporters beat and stripped some visiting fans of their clothes after storming the away end, an AFP reporter at the scene said.
The violence had flared at half-time when fans of the Chilean side began throwing stones, sticks, bottles and seats at a section housing home supporters.
"We have 90 people detained outside the stadium because they tried to cause trouble, and they have already been taken to the police station," a source from the security ministry told AFP.
An Independiente spokesperson said that 10 people were injured.
The match was 1-1 when it was suspended in the 48th minute, before being called off.
The away side, from the Chilean capital Santiago, won the first leg 1-0.
Chile's ambassador to Argentina told Chilean radio station Cooperativa FM that "there were stab wounds".
Jose Antonio Viera-Gallo also told AFP that at least one person was seriously injured, although it was not clear what their nationality was.
Chile's President Gabriel Boric called on social media for those behind the violence to face justice and pointed the finger at organisers.
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