On December 21st, Beijing time, the Argentine team returned home after winning the championship. After a short rest, they held a championship parade in Buenos Aires . This was supposed to be a happy event, with more than 4 million fans participating, but unexpectedly, tragedy happened. Due to too many fans and disorder, the championship parade was not only canceled, but also resulted in deaths and injuries.
Many fans were injured, and the picture of the dead fan was also exposed. He accidentally fell from the overpass due to excessive excitement and landed on his head. He was rushed to Fernandez Hospital for rescue, but unfortunately the rescue was ineffective and he died. There is also a 5-year-old fan who was hit by a marble that fell from the monument in St. Martin's Square. He suffered serious head injuries and fell into a coma.
Foreign media also reported that at least 30 people were injured during the Argentine team’s championship parade in Buenos Aires, 6 of which were seriously injured and sent to the hospital for treatment. Most of the injured suffered injuries to their limbs, including accidentally falling from trees, traffic lights, and bridges.
This is also a very regrettable thing. It was originally a happy thing to celebrate the Argentina team winning the World Cup and taste the taste of Hercules Cup again after 36 years, but it turned out to be extremely joyful and sad. If the fans were all on the ground, perhaps such a sad thing would not happen, but the fans just hoped to climb the tree or climb higher to get a better view, but they fell down, causing tragedy.
The densest crowd was near the Obelisk. Before the Argentina team’s championship bus arrived there, the order in the square of the Obelisk was already chaotic. Fanatic fans began to attack police cars and police officers maintaining order. They even hijacked a police car and caroused near the Obelisk. As a result, the Argentine police came out, clashed with the fans, and many people were arrested. Later, the Argentine team ended the championship parade early, and the team did not go to the Obelisk Square. Instead, they took three helicopters to hover in the sky for several weeks before leaving.
Such a tragedy is very sad. Before the Argentine team’s championship parade, many people talked about the previous stampede in South Korea, and they must strengthen security and order on the scene, but it is a pity that the tragedy still happened, which is regrettable.
