Madness and violence in the Cayman Islands: seven injured by gunshots during a football match after the savage attack of a fan

Impact hours are those experienced in Cayman Islands after a tragic event. At least seven people are hospitalized after being bullet wounds According to local media, an unknown person started shooting at spectators during a football match.

The accident occurred around Sunday twentyone, according to some witnesses who were enjoying the match corresponding to the championship of the Central American territory between the Elite SC and Academy clubsat Ed Bush Stadium in West Bay (West).

Dozens of people were during the interval near the camp locker room when the suspect surprised everyone and He started shooting at those present.managing to wound seven of them.

Police confirmed that the attacked people were taken to a nearby hospital with “serious injuries” bullet in different places of his body. Likewise, they reported that each of them is in stable conditions and it was also ruled out that any of the players had suffered any type of aggression.

One of the wounded was shot three times, two of them on their backs, collapsed in one of the stadium tunnels. The victim was attended to by a member of a football team’s medical team after she was heard calling for help as she collapsed to the ground.

Other people said they saw some Elite SC players with a stretcher carrying one of the injured and waiting for an ambulance to take him to the nearest clinic.

A witness who spoke to the local newspaper Compass reported having heard at least ten shots. Plus they were in the stadium hundreds of children and families who managed to escape once they realized what was happening in the stands. Most of the spectators decided to enter the tunnel leading to the changing rooms, as this was the only hiding place nearby.

Until now, The attacker was not arrested by the police. However, according to the contributions of the witnesses, everything suggests that the scandal was caused by a single person, who was strenuously searched with the use of security helicopters.

“At first we thought it was fireworks. Then we ran to a safe place and waited for the police to arrive“, said one of the fans present, who also indicated that the parking lot functioned as another place where spectators went when they heard the shots.

“Police have cordoned off the location and there is an increased police presence in the surrounding area, including the Firearms Response Unit,” a press release issued by local police reports.

The Cayman Islands are a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, located north-west of Jamaica, surrounded by the waters of the Caribbean Sea. A population of approximately 55 thousand people resides there.

And because the risk of crime is not high, many witnesses were surprised and shocked by the shooting. “This is not what Cayman is about“said one of them, while another agreed that “it is sad that this happens in Cayman and for this to happen during a football match with families watching is even more worrying.”