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Clash after a soccer match in Kolkata, one dead

24 North Parganas (WB), Aug 24 (ANI): Clash after a soccer match killed one and injured 15 others at Rajarhat, 40 kilometres away from Kolkata.

Reportedly the defeated team attacked the winners with guns.

The mob also set ablaze a neighbouring premier resort.

"There was a local football match going on outside our property and there was some altercation between two teams. It appears that some people ran into our property and they were followed by a mob.The mob kept looking for them, they could not find them. So, there was some enragement and they put this place on fire.

The damage is limited only to the main building," said Robertson, Director of the Vedic Village, Resort and Spa. (ANI)

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