Angola Stadium Disaster

[AngryOfTuebrook]

http://news.sky.com/story/many-dead-in-football-stadium-stampede-in-angola-10763161

 

At least 17 people have died and dozens have been injured in a stampede at an Angolan football stadium.

 

Hundreds of fans stormed the gates of the January 4th stadium in Uige to watch a match between local teams, a medical official said.

 

Some of the dead were children, according to Angolan and Portuguese media.

"There had been a push that led to the suffocation of people," Ernesto Luis, director general of the local hospital in northern Angola, said.

 

"Some people had to walk on the top of other people.There was 76 casualties, of whom 17 died."

 

The match is believed to have been a game between Santa Rita and Recreativo do Libolo.

[G Richards]

Sad business. Was this reported in the news much? It happened Jan 4th but I hadn't seen a thing about it until now.

[Yerse]

Bad times. Nothing in the news about this. 

 

anyone going to a game young or old and not coming home is horrendous. 

 

RIP

[Arl arse]

 

"Hundreds of fans stormed the gates"

 

Can't help but feel I've heard this somewhere before, straight after a failing of the authorities to keep people safe at a sporting event.

 

They surely wouldn't want to shift blame on to the victims would they, no one would be so corrupt and insensitive as to do that surely.

 

Oh that's right, yes, yes they would. It seems some lessons are never learned.

 

My love and thoughts go out to the victims and Families at this dreadful time.

[Strontium]

Sad business. Was this reported in the news much? It happened Jan 4th but I hadn't seen a thing about it until now.

 

It turns out that "January 4th" is the name of the stadium, the disaster happened yesterday. Confusing, yes.

[G Richards]

Ah, cheers Stronts.