China v Canada water polo match in Brazil halted by gunfire, players take cover
China won 12-8 on Sunday, the opening day of the tournament, but footage showed the game being briefly interrupted as players got out of the pool, lay down and took cover by a small barrier after hearing gunshots outside the water polo venue in the Pituba neighbourhood. China led Canada 3-2 at the time.
'The match stopped for about a minute. Our team saw that the police was taking care of it,' Marco Antonio Lemos, head of the Bahia state water sports federation, said in a statement on Monday local time.
Police said the cause of the shots was a confrontation with an alleged local thief who was outside the venue and tried to escape. No more details were given.
Spectators were told about the incident after the game had resumed.
Brazil is hosting the 16-team tournament for the first time.
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