Guinea: Stampede at football match leaves 56 dead

5 months ago

At least 56 people have been killed after violent clashes during a football match led to a stampede in Guinea’s second-largest city of N’Zerekore, according to the government. “Protests of dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions led to stone-throwing by supporters, resulting in fatal stampedes” at Sunday’s match, the government statement said on Monday. “Hospital services have put the provisional death toll at 56.” Earlier,