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Anonymous ID: 53ff45 Jan. 19, 2023, 9:45 a.m. No.18174984   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4995

Four dead, dozens injured in stampede at Gulf Cup in Iraq

19 Jan 2023 Updated 2 hours ago

 

At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a stadium in Basra in southern Iraq ahead of the Arabian Gulf Cup final, according to Iraqi football officials.

 

Reporting from Basra, Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed said a number of the about 80 injured people were “in critical condition” after the incident on Thursday.

 

Iraq are set to face Oman in the final of the eight-nation football tournament at 7pm (16:00 GMT). The Iraqi Football Federation said the match would be hosted on time.

 

Thousands of fans without tickets had gathered outside Basra International Stadium since dawn in hopes of watching the rare home international match.

 

A photographer with the Agence France-Presse news agency inside the stadium said the turnstiles were still closed when the stampede broke out. Sirens blared as ambulances arrived to ferry the injured to hospital.

 

Abdelwahed said some people without tickets tried to push into the stadium, according to sources in stadium security.

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/19/stampede-iraqi-football-stadium-basra-gulf-cup-final

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