15 dead after a stampede at a football stadium in Kinshasa

At least 15 people were killed and 21 injured after a stampede, this Sunday at the Tata Raphael stadium in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the Congolese Ministry of Interior.

According to the official version, fans of the local team, the Association Sportive Vita Club, began throwing objects and stoned a mobile unit of the national television, the TRNC, unhappy with the defeat (0-1) against a team of Lubumbashi, the Tour Pussant Mazembe. The tension in the stands led police to respond with tear gas against fans, which led to the stampede in the stands.

The confrontation between police and supporters raised tensions between the attendees, who were seeking to leave the premises as it were. The agglomeration caused a wall of the stadium would collapse. The Congolese government has set up a commission of inquiry to identify the causes of the tragedy and determine responsibilities in the party organization.

The rivalry between the two clubs, the most important country in recent history, is long and is not the first time that incidents occur between them. Although it was a league game this time, the same teams meet again in the Champions League Africa later this month.

This Sunday is the second stampede occurs in the Congo in a month. In April, at least 14 people died during a concert of King Kester Emeneya, a known singer congoleño.Además, when all participants were seeking to leave the premises of a stadium wall collapsed. The Congolese government has set up a commission of inquiry to identify the causes of the tragedy and determine responsibilities in the party organization, announced Minister

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