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Breaking: Popular International Footballer’s Wife Shot Dead(Photos)

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The model wife of an International footballer has been shot dead at a concert on Sunday January 30.

 

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Cristina Vita Aranda, who has three children with Club Olimpia player Ivan Torres, is believed to have been caught up in the crossfire of a gunfight in a VIP area at the Jose Asuncion Flores Ampitheatre in Asuncion,

 

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She suffered a bullet wound to her head and was rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead shortly after.

 

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Footballer Ivan Torres

 

Local reports said Paraguayan player Torres, a former U20 international, was also at the concert and helped get his wife to hospital.

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The couple announced this January that they were planning to divorce after 10 years of marriage.

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Cristina and her husband posed together for a Christmas picture before Cristina’s recent announcement they had decided to take a break in their relationship.

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They were believed to be trying to patch things up between them before Cristina was killed.

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Sunday’s shooting is still being investigated by police and prosecutors.

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A man named as Marcos Ignacio Rojas Mora also died, with unconfirmed reports saying the intended target was a drug dealer identified locally as Ederson Salinas Benitez.

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Four people aged between 23 and 40 were also shot and were being treated for their injuries in hospital on Monday, Jan. 31.

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Footballer Ivan Torres

 

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Ivan, who began his career with Paraguayan side Cerro Porteno before signing for the club’s arch-rivals Club Olimpia in December 2014, is said to have suffered a panic attack but was uninjured.

 

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Confirming 29-year-old Cristina’s death, Itaugua Nacional Hospital director Yolanda Gonzalez said: “She was intubated when she arrived and attempts were made to resuscitate her for at least 25 minutes after she went into cardiac arrest.

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Footballer Ivan Torres

 

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