- Part of a Dutch
soccer stadium collapsed as fans celebrated their team's victory by jumping up and down. - Around 35 fans of Vitesse Arnhem fell as the stand buckled, but nobody was injured.
A stand collapsed after the final whistle of a Dutch soccer match on Sunday as fans of Vitesse Arnhem celebrated their side's 1-0 victory over NEC Nijmegen in the Eredivisie.
Vitesse fans were jumping up and down in celebration when the area they were occupying inside the Goffertstadion in Nijmegen buckled.
A group of approximately 35 supporters who were in the middle part of the stand fell as it gave way, but luckily no one was injured.
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Hubert Bruls, the mayor of Nijmegen, called for an immediate investigation and said he was "very shocked by what happened."
"Fortunately, as far as is known, nobody was injured," Bruls told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf. "I want an investigation into what happened here as soon as possible."
The Netherlands' KNVB football federation said: "A stadium which should be safe is collapsing. This must be investigated."
Baden Fredriksen scored game's only goal in the 16th minute, with victory for Vitesse lifting it into sixth position in the Dutch top flight.