At least thirteen people died and eighty were injured this Friday in Madagascar in a stampede at a stadium at the opening of the Indian Ocean Island Games, the country’s prime minister, Christian Ntsay, confirmed.
“The State will take care of the eighty wounded, among whom 11 need surgery,” the president told reporters after visiting the victims at the hospital.
The tragedy occurred when people tried to enter the Barea Stadium, located in the Malagasy capital, Antananarivo, in the neighborhood of Mahamasina, after a long queue of people had formed to enter the venue.
The country’s president, Andry Rajoelina, who put the number of people present in the stadium at around 50,000, called for a minute’s silence for the victims.
“My 17-year-old son went to Mahamasina with his friends, they told us he was among the wounded,” a woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, told EFE while waiting to notify emergency teams. .
The Indian Ocean Islands Games is a multi-sport event in which countries within this ocean participate every four years, including both the African states of Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, as well as the French overseas territories. of Mayotte. and Réunion , in addition to the Maldives, which belong to the Asian continent.
Source: La Verdad
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