Bus carrying football fans splattered with blood after horrifying shooting on way home from match

ARGENTINIAN football fans were attacked in a horrifying shooting as their bus travelled home from a match. The coach carrying supporters of Argentine top flight side Tigre came under fire on Tuesday night. A bus carrying supporters of Argentinian fans Tigre was attacked by gunfire this week Credit: X / TYCSPORTS The fans were returning from watching their side beat Uruguayan outfit Nacional in the Copa Sudamericana Credit: X / TYCSPORTS The fans had been returning from their team’s 3-0 win away at Uruguayan outfit Nacional in the Copa Sudamericana. The two teams had just played in the knockout round play-offs, with Tigre easing to victory over their ten-man rivals. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! But the mood of Tigre fans quickly change from joy to horror after the coach was hit by a spray of bullets. According to South American outlet La Derecha Diario, the bus was hit by ten bullets, with one fan struck in the arm and taken to hospital. A sickening video shows a smashed window with a bullet hole and the floor covered in blood. And another clip from outside the bus showed more windows smashed and several bullet holes on the body of the vehicle. A tyre was also damaged by the bullet fire, the footage shows. The report also claims Tigre chief Martin Suarez visited the hospital to check on the stricken supporter. Most read in Sport It’s understood around 2,000 Tigre fans travelled to the Gran Parque Central Stadium to watch the game. Tigres have put out a statement condemning the “extremely serious acts of violence” towards their fans. The club said: “Club Atlético Tigre expresses its strongest repudiation regarding the extremely serious acts of violence suffered by our members, both male and female, and fans during their return trip from the city of Montevideo, in the context of the match played against Club Nacional de Uruguay. “In response to these regrettable events, the institution implemented the corresponding contingency measures to ensure the safety of our members. “In the early hours of this morning, the group traveling by bus arrived in Buenos Aires. Likewise, the Club reports that, among the injured and affected by the incident, the member who required medical assistance at the scene was transferred to a local hospital. “After receiving the appropriate treatment, he remained lodged at the hotel where the Club’s delegation was staying, accompanied at all times by institutional leaders and in constant contact with the medical team, which monitored his progress. “This morning, the institution arranged for his return transfer to Buenos Aires, after confirming a favorable evolution in his health condition. “From our institution, we repudiate these events and absolutely condemn any manifestation of violence. “Football must be a celebration, and under no circumstances should we accept that the physical integrity of our people is put at risk.” Comment now