Argentine club Banfield honours fans lost in Dirty War

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(Reuters) - Argentine football club Banfield has honoured 11 of its fans who disappeared during the country's 'Dirty War' in an emotional ceremony it said was designed to honour 'victims of state terrorism.'

- Argentine football club Banfield has honoured 11 of its fans who disappeared during the country's"Dirty War" in an emotional ceremony it said was designed to honour"victims of state terrorism."

"In the name of the club I ask for forgiveness that this recognition took so long," Barbuto told the crowd gathered under the first division club's ageing concrete stand. Argentina’s official truth commission said 8,960 people went missing during the military dictatorship but human rights groups estimate that about 30,000 were killed. Most were students, union leaders or dissidents who were murdered for their political beliefs.

 

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