Guinea mourns 56 lives lost in a deadly football stampede. Witnesses blame violence and junta’s political agenda.
Witnesses blame chaotic scenes at a politically charged football final for a deadly stampede in Guinea, leaving 56 dead and many injured.A deadly stampede at a football match killed at least 56 people in Guinea’s second city N’Zerekore, the junta-controlled government said Monday.
“Hospital services have put the provisional death toll at 56, with several others injured,” it added, describing the incident as a “tragic event”. According to reports following the match, severe fights broke out between the fans of the two teams, and many were injured during a mass stampede.Such tournaments and other public gatherings have become common in the West African nation, in what is widely seen as a campaign to promote Doumbouya’s candidacy in any future presidential election.Under international pressure, the junta pledged to hand power back to a civilian government by the end of 2024 but has since made clear it will not.
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