Violence during football match in African country Guinea: 100 killed, people angry over controversial decision of referee, burn police station
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On Sunday, a match took place between two teams in Jerekor, Guinea, in which violence broke out.
Nearly 100 people died in violence during a football match in Djerrekor, Guinea’s second-largest city, on Sunday. According to the New York Times, a match was going on on Sunday between the Labay and Gerekor football teams. During this, the match referee gave a controversial decision, due to which a fight broke out between the two teams. Seeing the fight taking place, the spectators also entered the field and started violence.
According to AFP reports, people also vandalized and set fire to a police station in N’Zérékor. Giving information about the incident, a doctor from the local hospital said-
In the hospital, bodies are lying in rows as far as the eye can see. The rest are lying on the floor in the corridor. The morgue is full.
This match was being held in honor of Guinea Army Army General Mamadi Doumbouya. Dombouya captured power in a coup in Guinea in 2021.
declared himself an army general Dombouya toppled the government of President Alpha Conde in September 2021 and took power himself. Due to international pressure, he had said that he would hold elections by the end of 2024, but till now there are no chances of elections.
Dombouya had promoted himself from colonel to lieutenant general in January 2024. Last month he declared himself Guinea’s army general.
During Dombouya’s tenure opposition leaders were jailed. According to experts, Dombouya can hold elections next year. Dombouya can also contest the elections. Therefore, to increase their popularity, they are organizing football tournaments in different parts of the country.
Dombouya may hold elections in Guinea in 2025.
An accident also happened in Indonesia two years ago. A similar accident happened in Indonesia in the year 2022. Then 174 people died in a stampede during a football match. Two policemen also lost their lives in this accident. During the match, after a team lost, its fans entered the field. To control this crowd, the police had to lathicharge and release tear gas shells.
The match was between Arema Football Club and Persebaya Surabaya. About 42 thousand spectators were present in the stadium during the match. All these spectators were fans of Arema Football Club. The organizers had banned the arrival of Persebaya Surabaya fans because they wanted to avoid any kind of disturbance.
Arema Football Club lost 3–2 to Persebaya Surabaya. This made the fans angry and they entered the field, 174 people lost their lives in this incident.
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According to the report of The Express Tribune, Judge Manzar Ali Gill said in his written judgment that the audio and video evidence related to violence against Imran Khan has been presented. That is enough to prove them guilty.
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