Stampede in Turin leaves 1,500 Juventus fans injured

A Juventus fan is carried off after a stampede in the fanzone where supporters gathered to watch the final in Turin. Pic/AFP

More than 1,500 people were injured, three seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching the Champions League final in Turin on Saturday.

In an update on the dramatic events in a square packed with supporters watching the Cardiff match on a giant screen, the local prefecture said 1,527 had been treated for mainly minor injuries. Three people were in a serious but not life-threatening condition. AFP reporters who witnessed the scenes said the panic seemed to have been triggered by fireworks, followed by one or more people shouting that a bomb had exploded - a notion that quickly filtered through the crowd.