The fan zone set up in central Doha turned into a chaotic scene on the opening day of the World Cup, as tens of thousands of fans pushed and shoved against police lines to enter the venue.
Policemen stand in line to limit the number of fans entering the fan zone to watch the World Cup, group A soccer match between Qatar and Ecuador in Doha, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022.
Fans were trying to enter the enclosed area that contains a big-screen television for viewing matches, places to buy beer, and little else. “It’s very risky. People they could die,” said Hatem El-Berarri, an Iraqi who said he was working in neighbouring Dubai. “Old people, women, they cannot handle crowds like this. Thank God I’m a little bit tall, so I can breathe. But I saw some kids and said ‘get them up. They cannot breathe.’”“My family is inside. I cannot enter to see them anymore. I don’t know what to do,” he said, calling the organization “not very good.
“You can’t go back and you can’t go forward,” he said. “I told my son, ’Let’s go outside. It’s too dangerous.”Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.There was a similar situation Saturday night at a pre-World Cup concert as people tried to push their way inside the same fan zone.
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