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\n 22 February 2011<\/span>
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At least 36 people have been killed in a stampede at a stadium in the Malian capital of Bamako, officials say.<\/p>\n

More than 60 others were injured in the incident, which occurred at the end of a sermon given by imam Osman Madani Haidara.<\/p>\n

The stampede happened at the Modibo Keita Stadium, which seats 25,000. <\/p>\n

The crowd wanted to be blessed by the imam after the speech, made on the festival of Maouloud, the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday.<\/p>\n

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I’ve already had it confirmed that my aunt died. We are now trying to find out what happened to her daughter. She’s just 10 years old\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The BBC’s Martin Vogl in Bamako says the blessing is an event that many Muslims in Mali look forward to with great excitement.<\/p>\n

Osman Madani Haidara is one of Mali’s best-loved and most-respected imams and the stadium was filled well beyond its capacity when the stampede happened at around 1800 local time, he says.<\/p>\n

Most of the dead were crushed against metal fencing as they waited to leave, Mali’s minister of interior security and civil protection said.<\/p>\n

Relatives gathered at the Gabriel Toure Hospital, trying to find out information about the dead and wounded. <\/p>\n

“I’ve already had it confirmed that my aunt died,” Sidiki Coulibaly told the Associated Press news agency. <\/p>\n

“We are now trying to find out what happened to her daughter. She’s just 10 years old. They go to this event together every year.”<\/p>\n

Almost all of the dead were women, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n

There was little anger at the hospital where many of the grieving saw the accident as destiny or God’s will rather than just a case of bad organisation, he says.<\/p>\n

Mali’s prime minister has visited the hospital to see the wounded and give his condolences to the bereaved families.<\/p>\n

A couple of hours after the stampede security personnel at the stadium were still clearing away piles of clothing and other personal belongings at the scene, our reporter says.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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