British police apologized to the families of the 96 dead in the English Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield (north) in 1989, after an investigation accused them of negligence several.
"I want to apologize unreservedly to the families and all those affected," said police commander County South Yorkshire, David Crompton.
96 Liverpool fans died of asphyxiation and crushed against fences Hillsborough Stadium in a cup semifinal match, after police opened the gateway to the stands and the fans entered waterspout.
At the time of the facts, the police and the press he blamed the fans being drunk and having tried to enter the stadium without tickets, but the investigation concluded that the death of the fans was a crime, not an accident , which did not have any guilt.
The investigation was the result of nearly three decades of struggle of families to clear the name of their own.