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\n<\/span><\/p>\nFour Zambian police officers have been charged with murder after allegedly causing the death of two people watching the Chelsea v Manchester United football match in a bar.<\/p>\n
Police say the bar was staying open late illegally to show the crunch English Premier League game.<\/p>\n
Patrons refused to leave the bar and police threw a tear gas canister in the southern town of Mazabuka.<\/p>\n
This led to a stampede in which a woman of 21 and a man of 23 died, police say.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Mutuna Chanda in Zambia says bars are only allowed to stay open until 2230 local time (2030 GMT) – half-time in the game between the defending champions and the current league leaders.<\/p>\n
English football is extremely popular in Zambia, as in many countries across Africa.<\/p>\n
Our correspondent says there were protests in Mazabuka, 100km (62 miles) south of the capital Lusaka, after word spread on Wednesday about the deaths.<\/p>\n
Protesters smashed windowpanes at the police station and burnt refuse bins.<\/p>\n
The protesters also blocked the Great North Road that connects Zambia’s tourist capital Livingstone to Lusaka.<\/p>\n
Extra police officers were sent to the town and calm has been restored.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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