Medical sources report several dozen bodies littering the ground after clashes during a football match in N’Zérékoré, in the southeast of the country.
At least dozens of people died on Sunday in clashes between supporters during a football match in N’Zérékoré, in southeastern Guinea, medical sources told AFP.
“There are around a hundred dead. Bodies are lined up as far as the eye can see in the hospital. Others are lying on the floor in the corridors. The morgue is full”a doctor at the regional hospital told AFP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak. “There are dozens of deaths”according to another doctor.
In videos broadcast on social networks and whose authenticity AFP was unable to verify, we see numerous inert bodies. Other videos circulating on the networks show scenes of great confusion in the streets following the outbreak of clashes.
The government remained silent on Sunday evening about the tragedy.
“It all started from a challenge to a decision by the referee. Supporters then invaded the playing area.a witness told AFP on condition of anonymity for his safety.
According to the press, it was a tournament dedicated to the head of the junta, General Mamadi Doumbouya, who came to power after a coup d’état in September 2021 and who has since become president.
Such tournaments have proliferated in recent weeks in Guinea, in what is seen as support for a possible candidacy of Mr. Doumbouya in the next presidential election.
