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At least one dead, 37 injured in Madagascar stadium stampede: hospital
ANTANANARIVO, Sept 9, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least one person was killed and
37 were injured in a stampede at a football stadium in Madagascar’s capital
Antananarivo, hospital sources said Sunday.
The stampede occurred at the entrance to the venue just before kickoff
between Madagascar and Senegal, the city’s Hrja Hospital spokesman Oliva
Alain Rakoto told reporters, adding that “for the moment” the accident toll
is one dead and 37 injured.
BSS/AFP/ARS/1745 hrs