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135 killed in football stadium crush, Guinea rights groups say

2024-12-04 19:00:03
Dozens of people died in the crush at the Nzerekore stadium

Human rights groups in Guinea say they believe more than 135 football fans were killed in a crush at a stadium on Sunday, most of them children.

The figure, which is unverified, far exceeds the official number of deaths at 56.

The groups said the estimate was based on information from hospital, cemeteries, witnesses at the stadium, families of victims, mosques, churches and the local media. More than 50 others are still missing, it said.

The military government, however, has warned against spreading "unverified" information, saying that its investigations are ongoing into the tragedy in the country’s second largest city, Nzérékoré.