Argentine soccer fan killed, some injured in brawl

BUENOS AIRES, June 26 (Reuters) A soccer fan was killed and several others were injured during a clash between rival football fans in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires, an emergency services official said yesterday.

''A male of age 41 has been killed. He came in with severe head injuries. ... Unfortunately he died,'' Alberto Crescenti, general director of SAME, the medical emergency services, told local radio.

The brawl flared up when the referee awarded a penalty against home team Chicago, which was losing 1-2 against visiting El Tigre.

Local TV broadcast images of the rival football fans storming the field and throwing objects at each other.

Police arrested dozens of people and fired tear gas to disperse the fighting, which spread outside the stadium.

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