LILONGWE –
At least eight people to life come in the crowd in a football stadium in Malawi. Also were, according to the police certainly 62 people injured when impatient visitors early to the stadium in the capital Lilongwe hacked.
Thousands of supporters gathered according to the local correspondent of the BBC in the run-up to the match outside the stadium. When the gates hours longer remained closed than planned, wanted some people probably can not wait any longer. “They chased the gates, with a rush to a result”, said a politiewoordvoerder Thursday.
A witness told Reuters that the police tear gas fired on the crowd in the stadium was looking for gone to places. “The police hit lose control,” concluded the man. The match had a festive character, need have, because that coincided with the independence day in the South African country.