Overview
- A crowd movement during a public screening of the Jordan vs. Algeria match at the Roman Theatre/Hashemite Square in Amman left one supporter dead and eight others injured after nine people were taken to hospital.
- Officials reported about 15,000 people at the site while the venue’s stated capacity is roughly 6,000, indicating a large breach of limits and heavy overcrowding.
- The deceased was described by a medical source as a Jordanian man in his twenties and his body was transferred to the forensic institute to determine the exact cause of death.
- Authorities say the eight other hospitalized people are in stable to moderate condition and emergency services treated multiple victims at the scene before transfer.
- The incident happened during a public broadcast of Jordan’s 2–1 loss to Algeria and is likely to prompt tighter controls and reviews of safety plans for large temporary World Cup viewing sites.