AFCON 2021: 8 killed in stadium stampede
At least eight people are reported to have been killed and dozens hurt in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroon.
Video footage showed football fans struggling to get access to the Paul Biya stadium in a neighbourhood of the capital Yaound茅 for a match between the hosts and Comoros.
Covid restrictions meant the stadium could only be filled to 80% capacity.
Leocadia Bongben is a Cameroonian sports journalist who was in the stadium. She says: 鈥淚t鈥檚 really sad. People go to watch a game and end up dying there鈥�.
(Picture: General view of Cameroon fans inside the stadium for the Africa Cup of Nations 鈥� Round of 16 鈥� Cameroon v Comoros. Credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
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