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Soccer Riot in Russia Kills One

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Russian soccer fans rampaged near the Kremlin after their team lost to Japan in the World Cup on Sunday, setting fire to cars, smashing store windows and attacking a group of young Japanese musicians. At least one man was killed in the melee.

An Associated Press photographer saw a mutilated corpse lying on the street during the chaos, which erupted across a square from the Kremlin walls and lasted for more than an hour.

At least seven cars could be seen burning and more than a dozen were completely overturned. Dozens of others had their windows smashed.

Daegu's World Cup Stadium is the largest of Korea's 10 venues. A vocal pro-Korea crowd exceeding 65,000 is expected for the 3:30 p.m. (2:30 a.m. ET) match.

Gagg said FIFA agrees with a decision by South Korea President Dae-jung Kim to stay away from the match because it eliminates the need for "thousands and thousands of security people just to (accompany) him to Daegu and back."

Gagg said more than 11,500 security personnel, orchestrated by the Korean government and local World Cup organizers, were assigned when the U.S. played Portugal June 5. "We believe in Daegu it will be again a very high number," he said.

A total of 55,000 security agents are working matches in Korea, compared to about 40,000 in Japan. Korea and Japan are the first co-hosts in World Cup history.

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