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At least 56 killed in 'stampedes' at Guinea football match

Napoli's Belgian forward #11 Romelu Lukaku (R) stretches to control the ball ahead of Torino's Equatorial Guinea defender #23 Saul Basilio Coco-Bassey Oubina (L) during the Italian Serie A football match between Torino FC and SSC Napoli at the Olympic Grande Torino Stadium in Turin on December 1, 2024. [AFP]

At least 56 people were killed in "deadly stampedes" at a football match in Guinea's second-largest city of N'Zerekore, a statement from the junta-controlled government said yesterday.

"Protests of dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions led to stone-throwing by supporters, resulting in fatal stampedes" at Sunday's match, the government statement said, which was published as a news ticker on national television. "Hospital services have put the provisional death toll at 56."

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