AFCON: Stampede at Cameroon-Comoros game leaves eight dead, 38 injured
By Reuters
25 January 2022 |
9:47 am
At least eight fans dead after a stampede at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium in Cameroon before the host nation's round of 16 game in the Africa Cup of Nations against Comoros, the national broadcaster reports.
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