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Thursday, November 26, 2020
Tens of thousands of people want to pay their last respects to soccer legend Maradona at the Buenos Aires government palace. Due to the large number of people, the police are closing the line of mourners. This leads to riots.
At the wake of soccer icon Diego Maradona, there were riots and clashes between police officers and soccer fans in Buenos Aires. Police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets against fans near the Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires, where Maradona’s body was laid. For their part, the fans threw rocks and beer bottles at the security forces. There were also incidents inside the presidential palace, so the coffin with Maradona had to be moved to another room.
The police use tear gas.
(Photo: REUTERS)
Tens of thousands of people had said goodbye to Maradona during the day. The crowd and tumult came as thousands of people were still waiting in front of the presidential palace to be admitted into the coffin of their soccer idol. Fans besieged an inner courtyard inside the presidential palace. When the police tried to limit access, there were riots, although the vigil had already lasted three hours.
Thousands of people who had waited patiently in long lines for hours under the scorching sun reacted angrily and sometimes violently to the restrictions announced over the loudspeaker. Barriers were broken down, panic and chaos ensued. The police pushed back the crowd with tear gas and rubber bullets. A small group of fans attacked the police with stones and bottles. As the police advanced, many people, including families with children, were forced to flee the area on back roads. The wake ended prematurely due to the riots that night.
Maradona will be buried in the Garden of Peace at the gates of the capital next to his parents. The 1986 world champion died this Wednesday at the age of 60 as a result of a heart attack.
