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'Eight dead' in wall collapse at Senegal's Demba Diop Eight dead in wall collapse at Senegal's Demba Diop
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Eight people are reported to have died after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal. Eight people have died and at least 49 are injured after a wall collapsed at a football stadium in Senegal.
At least 49 more people have been seriously injured.
It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportive Ouakam.It happened at Demba Diop stadium in the capital, Dakar, at the end of the League Cup final between Stade de Mbour and Union Sportive Ouakam.
With the score 1-1 after 90 minutes, Mbour scored in first period of extra time to win 2-1, and violence broke out after the final whistle. Fighting started between rival fans and police responded by using tear gas, which led to panic, a stampede, and the wall collapse.
Several media outlets report that fighting started between rival fans and police responded by using tear gas, which led to panic. Some fans were throwing projectiles including stones at others.
Pictures circulating online appear to show people scrambling over a low wall amid clouds of gas.Pictures circulating online appear to show people scrambling over a low wall amid clouds of gas.
Local news agency APS reported that a stampede occurred after the clashes, and ambulances and firefighters were at the scene. Local news agency APS reported that ambulances and firefighters were at the scene.
With the score 1-1 after 90 minutes, Mbour scored in the first period of extra time to win 2-1, and violence broke out at the final whistle.
Cheikh Maba Diop, whose friend died in the incident and who helped move people out of the stadium, told AFP news agency: "All of a sudden when the wall fell... we knew exactly that some of our own had lost their lives because the wall fell directly on to people."
A spokesman for the country's President Macky Sall said that campaigning for upcoming elections would be suspended on Sunday as a mark of respect, and that there should be "punishments serving as a warning".