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Fans in near-stampede in Turin as Champions League match

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ROME (AP) Juventus fans watching the Champions League final have rushed out of a Turin piazza in panic in what news reports said was an apparent false alarm.

Hundreds of people watching the match on giant TV screens ran in a near-stampede from the center of the piazza. At least one person was seen being carried away on a stretcher.

Firefighters were on the scene. The ANSA news agency says it was apparently a false alarm.

Real Madrid won 4-1 in the match played in Cardiff, Wales.

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