GUATEMALA CITY – At least nine other people were killed and a score injured in a stampede in Guatemala early Thursday as the country celebrated its independence, according to firefighters.
The concert was sponsored through a brewery and was held on land used for such events. When Guatemalan rock band Bohemia Suburbana closed the show, some spectators were crushed when some tried to leave while others entered the same venue.
Nancy Quemé, who at the concert said there were thousands of people there. “Because of the rain, there was a lot of mud,” he said. I think because of that, other people couldn’t move and they fell. “
The band’s line-up had bets on Wednesday afternoon. She said that even in the early hours of Thursday, there were still families with children.
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“They cordoned off the entire domain and left only two accesses (points),” Quemé said. “The entrances seemed small to me. I stayed quite far away and made the decision to leave a few minutes before the concert was over.
A video circulating on social media platforms shows dozens of people colliding with others. Screams can be heard asking other people to avoid pushing and move to the side so that those who have fallen can be rescued.
Amilcar Rivas, Quetzaltenango’s municipal administrator, said the organizers of the event had no more security and crowd Array said the event had a permit.
Quetzaltenango, which hosts Guatemala’s largest Independence Day, is about two hundred kilometers west of Guatemala City.
Guatemala celebrates this Thursday the 201st anniversary of its independence from Spain.