{"id":20161,"date":"2024-12-02T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=20161"},"modified":"2024-12-02T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T07:08:13","slug":"dozens-killed-in-crush-at-guinea-football-match-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=20161","title":{"rendered":"Dozens killed in crush at Guinea football match – reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dozens of people have died in a crush following clashes at a football match in Guinea’s second-largest city, N’z\u00e9r\u00e9kor\u00e9, local media report.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah said a stampede at the event led to a number of victims on Sunday and called for calm.<\/p>\n

One doctor, who did not want to be named, told AFP news agency that there were several bodies “lined up” in the local hospital, and the morgue was full.<\/p>\n

Local media said police used tear gas after supporters of the visiting team, Lab\u00e9, threw stones towards the pitch in anger at the referee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So far no official casualty figures have been given.<\/p>\n

“It all started with a contested decision by the referee. Then fans invaded the pitch,” one witness told AFP.<\/p>\n

Videos and images on social media appear to show chaotic scenes outside the stadium, with large crowds attempting to climb over walls and numerous bodies on the ground.<\/p>\n

The BBC has not been able to independently verify these videos.<\/p>\n

Regional authorities are working to “restore calm”, Prime Minister Bah said in a statement, and added that hospitals are aiding the injured.<\/p>\n

Thousands of spectators were present when the crush happened at a match between Guinean teams N’z\u00e9r\u00e9kor\u00e9 and Lab\u00e9, local news website MediaGuinee reported.<\/p>\n

It said Sunday’s match was part of a tournament in honour of President Mamadi Doumbouya, who seized power in a coup in September 2021.<\/p>\n

One of the worst massacres in Guinea’s history also took place in a stadium.<\/p>\n

In 2009, 156 people were killed after troops opened fire at an opposition rally at a stadium in the capital, Conakry.<\/p>\n

Many were shot, stabbed, beaten or crushed in a stampede as security forces fired teargas and charged into the stadium. Scores of women were also raped.<\/p>\n

Former military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was recently sentenced<\/a> to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity in connection with the massacre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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