14-year-old fan shot to death after match

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A 14-year-old Argentine football fan was shot dead on Friday in Rosario city, at the end of a match in the Argentine Clausura soccer tournament.

Walter Caceres was seriously injured after being shot three times in his head and once in the abdomen 4:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Thursday when he was traveling on a passenger bus which was taking Newell fans to Rosario, more than 400km to Buenos Aires.

Caceres died on Friday noon at the Clemente Alvarez hospital.

Also two other men were injured, who were hospitalized but out of risk.

The fans were coming back to Rosario after a match between Newell and Huracan when the shooting took place.

According to the police, a bus tire was pinched after the vehicle crossed a bridge, and when it stopped, the attack happened.

The police suspected that the attack was an internal fight between the Newell fans.

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