Heysel Stadium disaster

More than 1,500 people were injured, three seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching the Champions League final in Turin, local authorities said Sunday.

Thirty years have passed since one of the most tragic stadium disasters in sporting history that ended with the death of 39 football fans, the youngest aged just 11 years: 32 from Italy, foru from Belgium, two from France and one from Northern Ireland.

UEFA president Michel Platini on March 24 warned of a return to the "dark days" of hooliganism in Europe fired by a rise in nationalism and extremism.