June 5 (UPI) -- A stampede of soccer fans in Turin, Italy, panicked by the sound of explosions in an outdoor plaza, injured about 1,500 people, medical officials said.
Fans of Juventus, Turin's soccer team, were watching their team play rival Real Madrid on large televisions Saturday night in the Piazza San Carlo in Turin. The Champions League final match was being played in Cardiff, Wales. Explosions could be heard in the plaza during the second half of the match, which many in the crowd thought were bombs; it led to a rush to the exits in the center of the assembled crowd. Many people were trampled, while others were pushed against barriers surrounding the plaza, witnesses said.