Colombian fan killed after football match in Brazil

12/4/2025 13:07

A Colombian fan was stabbed to death in the early hours of Friday in a fight in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, capital of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, hours after a football match between the Brazilian club Internacional and the Colombian Atletico Nacional.



Police said the deceased was identified as Alejandro Lopera Zuluaga, who died of a stab wound after a fight between Atletico Nacional fans who traveled to Brazil to watch their team play.



"The victim was found lifeless when he was taken to a hospital," said the head of the Homicide Police Station of the Rio Grande do Sul, Raissa Araujo, who added that the people involved in the fight were of Colombian nationality.



The attacker who killed his compatriot was also beaten by the fans and was in the Porto Alegre Emergency Hospital, local media reported.