Guinea: Dozens killed in crush at football match – reports

Dozens of individuals have died in a crush following clashes at a soccer match in Guinea’s second-largest metropolis, N’zérékoré, native media report.

Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah stated a stampede on the occasion led to various victims on Sunday and known as for calm.

One physician, who didn’t need to be named, instructed AFP information company that there have been a number of our bodies “lined up” within the native hospital, and the morgue was full.

Local media stated police used tear fuel after supporters of the visiting crew, Labé, threw stones in the direction of the pitch in anger on the referee.

So far no official casualty figures have been given.

“It all started with a contested decision by the referee. Then fans invaded the pitch,” one witness instructed AFP.

Videos and pictures on social media seem to point out chaotic scenes exterior the stadium, with giant crowds trying to climb over partitions and quite a few our bodies on the bottom.

The BBC has not been capable of independently confirm these movies.

Regional authorities are working to “restore calm”, Prime Minister Bah stated in a press release, and added that hospitals are aiding the injured.

Thousands of spectators had been current when the crush occurred at a match between Guinean groups N’zérékoré and Labé, native information web site MediaGuinee reported.

It stated Sunday’s match was a part of a event in honour of President Mamadi Doumbouya, who seized energy in a coup in September 2021.

One of the worst massacres in Guinea’s historical past additionally occurred in a stadium.

In 2009, 156 individuals had been killed after troops opened hearth at an opposition rally at a stadium within the capital, Conakry.

Many had been shot, stabbed, crushed or crushed in a stampede as safety forces fired teargas and charged into the stadium. Scores of ladies had been additionally raped.

Former army ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was recently sentenced to twenty years in jail for crimes in opposition to humanity in reference to the bloodbath.