Breaking: 17 people, mostly children, have been killed in a stampede at a football match in Angola – TheLiberal.ie – Our News, Your Views

Breaking: 17 people, mostly children, have been killed in a stampede at a football match in Angola




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Some terrible news emerging from Angola tonight.

A total of 76 people have been trampled, 17 of them to death, as hundreds of fans stormed stadium gates to try and get to a football match in Angola.

Crowds of people were forced to walk over one another and got suffocated as the crowd surged, hospital officials say.

Authorities say that 100s have been injured in what’s being described as an absolute tragedy.

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