Hundreds of soccer fans, including children, have been killed in a stampede as security forces tried to calm clashes during a soccer match at a crowded stadium in southern Guinea\u2019s largest city, according to local media. <\/p>\n According to Mamadi Doumbouya, Guinea\u2019s Prime Minister, via a tweet on X, the stampede broke out on Sunday, December 1, 2024, in Nz\u00e9r\u00e9kor\u00e9 during the final of a local tournament between the Lab\u00e9 and Nz\u00e9r\u00e9kor\u00e9 teams in honour of Guinea\u2019s military leader, Mamadi Doumbouya. <\/p>\n \u201cDuring the stampede, victims were recorded. The regional authorities are working to restore calm in the area,\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n Guinea\u2019s local media also disclosed that security forces tried to use tear gas to restore calm after the chaos that followed a disputed penalty. <\/p>\n \u201cThis (the disputed penalty) angered supporters who threw stones. This is how the security services used tear gas,\u201d it reported. It also stated that several of those killed were children, while some of the injured, being treated at a regional hospital, are in critical condition.<\/p>\n Videos from the scene showed a section of the stadium shouting and protesting against the refereeing before the clashes broke out, as fans poured onto the field. People were seen running as they tried to escape from the stadium, with many jumping over the high fence.<\/p>\n In the meantime, the National Alliance for Alternation and Democracy coalition has called for an investigation, as they believe the games were organized to create support for the political ambitions of the military leader, Mamadi Doumbouya, who ousted the president in 2021.<\/p>\n Le gouvernement d\u00e9plore les incidents qui ont \u00e9maill\u00e9 le match de football entre les \u00e9quipes de Labe et Nzerekore cet apr\u00e8s-midi \u00e0 Nzerekore . Lors de la bousculade des victimes sont enregistr\u00e9es. Les autorit\u00e9s r\u00e9gionales sont \u00e0 pied d\u2019\u0153uvre pour r\u00e9tablir le calme et la s\u00e9r\u00e9nit\u00e9\u2026<\/p>\n \u2014 Bah Oury (@bahourykigna) December 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Watch Sports Check with John Laryea below:<\/b><\/p>\n![\"Football](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/444\/44458228.295.jpg\" "\\"Football")
Football fans trying to jump over the fence after the chaos broke<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n