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Grenade blast kills 1 as soccer fans celebrate
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-09-06 16:01

Blast during Colombian soccer celebration kills 1

BOGOTA: One person was killed and at least 30 injured when a grenade exploded in a crowd celebrating a win by the national football team, police said Saturday.

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Antioquia state police commander Col. Luis Eduardo Martinez says three of the injured are in serious condition. The blast took place Saturday night in central Medellin, Colombia's second-largest city, after the national team beat Ecuador 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier.

Martinez said the cause of the explosion is not yet known, but police think a reveler may have accidentally detonated the grenade by mishandling it.

He said police have ruled out a terrorist attack.

The plaza were the explosion took place, Parque San Antonio, was the site of a 1995 terrorist attack that left 23 people dead.