One dead after an incident at soccer stadium in PeruAFP, LIMAAt least one person died and 47 more were injured on Friday night in an unspecified “incident” at Alejandro Villanueva Stadium in Peru’s capital during a rally ahead of a soccer derby, the Peruvian Ministry of Health said. “There has been an unfortunate incident at the stadium in which 47 people have been injured ... and sadly there is one fatality,” Peruvian Minister of Health Juan Carlos Velasco told reporters, without providing details on the cause. Media reported that there was a “flag-waving event” at the stadium at the time of the incident. People wait near an ambulance outside the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium in Lima on Friday. The Liga 1 match between top-of-the-table Alianza Peru and fourth-placed Club Universitario de Deportes at the nearby Estadio Monumental “U” was set to proceed as planned this morning Taiwan time, the Peruvian soccer league said in a statement.

Source: Taipei Times April 04, 2026 16:23 UTC