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Stampede Kills At Least 56 At Guinea Football Match

The match in the southeastern city of N'Zerekore was the final of a tournament organised in honour of Guinea's junta leader (Credit: AFP)

A deadly stampede at a football match killed at least 56 people in Guinea's second city N'Zerekore, the junta-controlled government said Monday.

The events at Sunday's match, which were initially reported as clashes between fans, were triggered after a player was sent off at the end of the game, witnesses said.

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