Many injured at domestic soccer match between AS Vita and Daring Motema in Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday (October 11).

Script:

The Kinshasa Derby in the Democratic Republic of Congo is notorious for its fierce rivalry.

And the match between Vita Club and Daring Club Motema Pembe came to a miserable end as the crowd broke out into violence.

With DCMP a goal ahead, tensions erupted in the stadium with both sets of fans interrupting play and storming onto the pitch.

According to early reports, 45 were injured during the riot, with fortunately no fatalities.

The Kinshasa Derby has a history of aggressive crowd unrest. The clash between ASV Club and Tout Puissant Mazembe in 2014 tragically saw 15 killed in a stampede.

The CAF president Issa Hayatou last year had re-emphasized that acts of violence have no place in football. But as today's catastrophe sadly lays bare, the Congolese football federation has to make major changes to ensure the protection of it's football players and fans.