Conakry: At least 56 people, including children, were killed and several others injured in a stampede during a football match at a packed stadium in Guinea’s largest city. Local media and political parties reported that security forces fired tear gas to quell the clashes. Guinea’s Prime Minister Amadou Ory Bah said on X that the stampede occurred during the final of the tournament held on Sunday afternoon in honor of Guinea’s military leader Mamady Doumbouya. The match was being played between the teams of Labe and Nzerekore in the city of Nzerekore.
Bah said authorities were working to restore calm in the area. The National Alliance for Alternative and Democracy, an alliance of political parties, said in a statement that several people were killed and injured in the stampede. Local media reported that security forces fired tear gas shells to restore calm after the clashes. Local media reported that “football fans got angry and started throwing stones.”Security forces fired tear gas shells.”