Guinea: Dozens killed, including children in stampede after soccer clash

In Guinea, Dozens of soccer fans, including children, were killed in a stampede that followed clashes during a soccer match in N’Zerekore city.

In a social media post, Guinea’s Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah said, the stampede broke out yesterday during a local tournament between the Labe and Nzerekore teams in honour of Guinea’s military leader, Mamadi Doumbouya. He said the regional authorities are working to restore calm in the area.

According to the National Alliance for



Alternation and Democracy, a coalition of political parties, the stampede resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, which called for an investigation.

According to the country’s Local media, the chaos followed a disputed penalty that angered fans, many of them clashing and pouring onto the open soccer field at the crowded stadium. Among the victims were children. Media Guinea said some of the injured being treated at a regional hospital are in critical condition.