An official investigation into a stampede that killed at least 17 fans at a football match in Angola has blamed security measures and crowd control, the national football federation said Tuesday. Several witnesses accused the police of provoking panic by attempting to disperse crowds outside the ground in the northern town of Uige at the … Read more
Angola announced an investigation Saturday into a stadium stampede that killed at least 17 and injured scores in an incident that the host team blamed on police error. The government has set up a commission to probe Friday’s crush — described as the country’s worst football tragedy — the national Angop news agency reported. Children … Read more
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has ordered an investigation into the cause of a stampede at a football match in which at least 17 people were killed. Scores of people were injured in the stampede at a stadium in the northern city of Uige on Friday when hundreds of supporters stormed the venue’s gates. … Read more
At least 17 football fans were killed after a stampede broke out at a stadium in northern Angola, police said, in an incident that also left scores of people wounded. A wave of panic spread through the crowd on Friday at a league game in the town of Uige between the Santa Rita de Cassia … Read more
17 fans have been killed with dozens more injured after the stampede Fans reportedly stormed the stadium gates before the match got underway in the northern city of Uige, leaving 17 supporters dead and many injured At least 17 fans have been killed with dozens more injured following a stampede at a football match in … Read more
At least 17 people have been killed in a stampede at a football stadium in the northern Angolan city of Uige, local officials say. Hundreds more were reported to have been injured when supporters stormed the gates after failing to gain entry. Some of those who fell became trapped and suffocated at the venue on … Read more