Three dead in crush to see pop group

At least three people died and dozens of teenage fans were injured in Brazil today when a security fence collapsed as they tried to get autographs from a Mexican band that stars in a popular soap opera, authorities said.

At least 5,000 fans gathered outside a shopping centre in Sao Paulo to meet members of the pop group RBD who also act in the television show Rebelde, said Adriano Moneta, a spokeswoman with Sao Paulo state’s public safety secretariat.