A SOCCER fan was killed and several others injured after violence erupted in Rio de Janeiro before Sunday’s Botafogo-Flamengo match, Brazilian news reports said.

    The reports identified the fan as 28-year-old Diego Silva dos Santos, who was killed near the Engenhao stadium, the venue for the athletic events at the 2016 Olympic Games. The clashes took place before the Rio de Janeiro state championship game that Flamengo won 2-1. Police brought the violence under control with rubber bullets and tear gas.

    “The Municipal Health Secretariat informs that eight men were taken to the Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital as victims of the violence,” the Secretariat said.(SD-Agencies)