CONAKRY (Reuters) – Several people were killed in a crowd stampede following fan clashes at a soccer game in the city of Nzerekore, southeast Guinea, Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah said on Monday.
Videos and pictures shared online showed scores of victims lined up on the ground. In one video, over a dozen inert bodies could be counted. Reuters has not authenticated the videos or confirmed a death toll.
The unverified images also showed fans scrambling over the walls of the stadium.
“The government deplores the incidents that marred the football match between the Labe and Nzerekore teams this afternoon in Nzerekore. During the stampede, victims were recorded,” Bah said in a statement on Facebook.
He said local authorities are working to restore order.
(Reporting by Hereward Holland; Editing by Bate Felix and Tom Hogue)
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