Dozens of people were killed during a stampede that occurred following violent protests over referee decisions during a football match in Guinea’s second-largest city, N’Zerekore, reported <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/2/dozens-feared-dead-after-stampede-breaks-out-at-guinea-football-match">Al Jazeera</a>.
Fans dissatisfied with the referee’s decisions threw stones, sparking violent clashes that resulted in a deadly stampede, leaving at least 56 people dead.
According to a government statement published as a news ticker on national television on Monday, November 02, “protests of dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions led to stone-throwing by supporters, resulting in fatal stampedes.”
Hospital services have put the provisional death toll at 56.
The clash began when supporters of the visiting team, Labe, hurled stones onto the pitch, prompting the police to use tear gas to disperse the crowd.
After the football match, demonstrators also vandalised and set fire to the N’Zerekore police station, escalating the violence.
Guinea’s Prime Minister, Bah Oury, condemned the violence, urging calm and announcing that the government would release further information as it gathered details.
The match was part of a tournament organised in honour of Guinea’s military leader, Mamady Doumbouya, who seized power in a 2021 coup and remains in charge despite international pressure to restore civilian governance.
Guinea’s opposition coalition, ANAD, condemned the tournament, calling it an attempt to promote Doumbouya’s “illegal and inappropriate candidacy” as he prepares for a potential presidential run.
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A fight broke out at a football match in Guinea because people were upset with the referees. They threw stones and then there was a big stampede. 56 people died in the chaos. The violence continued even after the match, with a police station being burned down. The Prime Minister of Guinea is asking for calm. The match was organized by the military leader of Guinea, who took power in a coup. Some people think he is using the tournament to become president.

56 Killed In Guinea Football Stadium Stampede

Zimbabwe’s other Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, has left Harare for Guinea to attend the inauguration of the West African country’s President Alpha Conde.
Mohadi left Harare on Sunday for Conakry and will join other dignitaries from other nations who are expected to attend the inauguration of Conde on Tuesday.
Electoral authorities in Guinea declared Conde winner with 59.49% of the vote, defeating his main rival Cellou Diallo in the 18 October election.
Opposition candidate Diallo received 33.50% of the vote, the electoral commission said. Voter turnout was almost 80%.
However, there was violence in the West African country following the poll after Diallo claimed victory ahead of the official results.
Celebrations by his supporters were suppressed when security forces fired tear gas to disperse them.
More than nine people were killed soon after the election, with Diallo’s supporters accusing the electoral authorities of rigging the vote for incumbent President Alpha Conde.
Conde became Guinea’s first democratically elected leader in 2010 and won re-election in 2015.
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