A Copa Sudamericana round-of-16 second-leg match between Independiente and Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires was suspended shortly after halftime and later abandoned. Fans hurled objects including a stun grenade, stones, sticks, bottles and seats, triggering widescale clashes. Home supporters stormed the away end, beating and stripping some visiting fans, and one Chilean supporter jumped from the stands to escape. Security forces detained about 90 people and treated at least ten injured, with reports of at least one seriously wounded and possible stab wounds. The match was 1-1 at suspension; Universidad de Chile had won the first leg.
Ten people were injured and 90 arrested after violent clashes between rival fans during a Copa Sudamericana match involving Argentina's Independiente and visiting Universidad de Chile in Buenos Aires, club officials and police said. A stun grenade was among the objects hurled by fans as the last-16 second-leg encounter in the regional competition at the Libertadores de America stadium was initially suspended shortly after halftime and eventually abandoned on Wednesday.
In shocking and chaotic scenes, one fan of the Chilean visitors jumped from the stands to escape attacking opposing supporters after being cornered. Home supporters beat and stripped some visiting fans of their clothes after storming the away end, an AFP news agency reporter at the scene said. The violence had flared at halftime when fans of the Chilean side began throwing stones, sticks, bottles and seats at a section housing home supporters.
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