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SHANGHAI (AFP) - Football superstar David Beckham's visit to China turned "chaotic" on Thursday after at least five people were hurt in a stampede as fans rushed to see him, local media and an AFP photographer at the scene said.
Hundreds of students and spectators tried to rush onto the grounds of the football pitch at Tongji University in Shanghai, the Xinmin Evening News said on its official microblog.
"Nearly a thousand spectators charged to open the gate at the same time, causing a stampede," the newspaper said, adding at least five were hurt.
The AFP photographer saw a young woman with an injured leg and a uniformed policewoman who appeared to be bleeding from the nose and mouth.