Salvador:
The Brazilian stadium where seven people died after part of the seating section collapsed three years ago was demolished on Sunday in a series of controlled explosions.
Small charges went off in sequence around the Fonte Nova stadium, at Salvador in Bahia state in the country's northeast.
Demolition experts set more than half a ton of explosives and families living nearby were moved out.
When the dust cleared there was little left but rubble and an army of diggers struggling to move it.
Seven fans died there and 40 were injured after falling nearly 15 metres (50 feet) through a 3-metre (10-foot) wide hole that opened in the concrete stands in 2007.
On Saturday, Brazil's football authorities said a new venue will be built in Sao Paulo by the club side Corinthians, for the World Cup's opening match in 2014.
Small charges went off in sequence around the Fonte Nova stadium, at Salvador in Bahia state in the country's northeast.
Demolition experts set more than half a ton of explosives and families living nearby were moved out.
When the dust cleared there was little left but rubble and an army of diggers struggling to move it.
Seven fans died there and 40 were injured after falling nearly 15 metres (50 feet) through a 3-metre (10-foot) wide hole that opened in the concrete stands in 2007.
On Saturday, Brazil's football authorities said a new venue will be built in Sao Paulo by the club side Corinthians, for the World Cup's opening match in 2014.
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