7 fans killed during football stampede in Kenya
Posted Sunday, October 24, 2010 by theguardian.com
People gather around the scene of the stampede at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya.
Seven football supporters are reported to have been killed with dozens more injured in a stampede at a match between two of Kenya's top teams.
An ambulance operator reported that a stampede took place on Saturday night inside the Nyayo National stadium in the capital Nairobi during a match between AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia.
"Seven people are dead. People tried to force entry during the match because they didn't want to pay," David Matee, a radio operator with the St John's Ambulance, told Reuters.
At least 30 people were hurt in the crush, 14 of them critically, Matee said.
Television pictures showed medics trying to revive one supporter outside the stadium while ambulances were ferrying away the injured. The match was temporarily halted.
The Kenyan prime minister, Raila Odinga, visited victims of the stampede at the Kenyatta National hospital.
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