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Iraq: At least 1 dead, 60 injured in stampede ahead of football match

Several of the injured are serious, so the death toll could rise. | Font: AFP

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At least one person died and sixty were injured in a stampede near Basra Stadium where will the final take place bay cup between the teams of Iraq and Oman, the official Iraqi news agency confirmed, AT.

“As a result of a stampede between fans in the area of ​​the Yeza al-Najla stadium in the governorate of Basra (southeastern Iraq), one person died and 60 were injured,” he said. ATwho cites medical sources and adds that “several of the wounded are in serious condition”.

Prime Minister of Iraq Mohamed Shaya al Sudanitraveled to Basra after the incident, where he held a meeting with several members of the cabinet, which was attended by the governor of the region, located about 450 kilometers south of Baghdad, according to a statement from his press office.

According to police sources and witnesses, tens of thousands of people began to gather around the stadium on Wednesday evening to attend the match between their country and Oman in the World Cup final. bay cupwhich will be played in the afternoon.

Since this morning, the crowd has been trying to get closer to the entrances to the stadium.

Calling the authorities

The Ministry of the Interior today, in a statement, urged fans to “obey the rules and regulations” of the authorities and urged “citizens Basra They shouldn’t go to the stadium if they don’t have tickets for the match.”

“The number of fans is very large and we don’t want any cases of suffocation,” the agency said in a statement, inviting fans without tickets to watch the game through screens placed in public areas. . . .

This is the second case related to bay bowl, which features eight Arab teams, after last Monday a traffic accident killed seven fans and injured thirty more as they were about to attend the match between their team and Qatar, in the semi-finals (2-1). (EFE)


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