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Fans shot at football match

Published:Monday | May 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NITEROI (AP):

Brazilian police say at least four football fans have been shot during a fight before a match.

Police say 80 fans have been detained after the incident yesterday in which six other people were hurt.

Local media citing police say at least one person has died, but a police spokeswoman could not immediately confirm those reports.

Police say men in a car fired at a large group of supporters in the middle of a fight in the city of Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro. It was not immediately clear how the fight began.