Colombian fan killed after football match in Brazil


SAO PAULO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A Colombian fan was stabbed to death in the early hours of Friday in a fight in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, capital of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, hours after a football match between the Brazilian club Internacional and the Colombian Atletico Nacional.

Police said the deceased was identified as Alejandro Lopera Zuluaga, who died of a stab wound after a fight between Atletico Nacional fans who traveled to Brazil to watch their team play.

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