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| Two die in Spain World Cup celebrations |
| 2010-07-13 |
| Two people have died and over 100 people have been injured during celebrations marking the first World Cup win of Spain. A man died in Algesiras in southwestern Spain when he fell off a veranda while watching the World Cup final match with his friends. Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0 on Sunday to claim the World Cup title for the first time. "After Spain scored... they found him on the ground after falling from the balcony," said a spokeswoman for the representative of Spain's central government in Cadiz. Another accident occurred in Herguijuela in the western province of Extremadura when a man drowned when diving into a municipal swimming pool after Spain's victory. Some 20 people were arrested and more than 100 people were injured, including 74 in Barcelona, when unrest broke near the site of outdoor screens that broadcast the match. Several hundred thousand fans greeted the Spanish squad when they arrived in the Madrid airport Monday after winning the World Cup for the first time in their history. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 How does a guy diving into a swimming pool tie into the World Cup chaos????? That one is a stretch by anyone's standards. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-13 17:55 |
| #2 That "unrest" in Barcelona was caused by catalanist brownshirts unhappy about the gazillion people wrapped in Spanish flags assaulting people who had become isolated. Of course only when they were five to one at the very least. How brave . |
| Posted by: JFM 2010-07-13 06:55 |
| #1 "After Spain scored... they found him on the ground after falling from the balcony," said a spokeswoman for the representative of Spain's central government in Cadiz. Several attendees were quoted as saying, "It was the most exciting thing that happened all night." |
| Posted by: Lowspark 2010-07-13 06:49 |