Shots fired at youth World Cup water polo women’s game in Brazil

Water polo players concisely near the excavation aft shots were fired adjacent an Under-20 World Cup crippled successful Brazil.

Brazilian constabulary person said determination were nary injuries aft shots were fired adjacent an Under-20 World Cup h2o polo women’s crippled betwixt China and Canada successful the metropolis of Salvador.

China won 12-8 connected Sunday – the opening time of the tourney – but footage showed the crippled being concisely interrupted arsenic players got retired of the pool, laic down and took screen by a tiny obstruction aft proceeding gunshots extracurricular the h2o polo venue successful the Pituba neighbourhood. China led Canada 3-2 astatine the time.

“The lucifer stopped for astir a minute. Our squad saw that the constabulary were taking attraction of it,” Marco Antonio Lemos, caput of the Bahia authorities h2o sports federation, said successful a connection connected Monday.

Police said the origin of the shots was a confrontation with an alleged section thief who was extracurricular the venue and tried to escape. No much details were given.

Spectators were told astir the incidental aft the crippled had resumed.

Brazil is hosting the 16-team tourney for the archetypal time.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies