BREAKING NEWS: Seventeen dead and scores injured as hundreds of fans stampede at football match in Angola
Dozens have been injured and seventeen left dead in the stampede
It happened on Friday night in the northwestern town of Uige
Hundreds rushed at one of the stadium gates, causing some to fall and be trampled
Dozens of people have been injured and 17 killed after a stampede at a football stadium in Angola.
A crowd stampeded the stadium on Friday night, in Uige just seven minutes into a game between Santa Rita de Cássia and Recreativo de Libolo.
The accident happened in the northwestern town of Uige when hundreds of people rushed at one of the stadium gates, causing some to fall and be trampled underfoot, according to Angolan and Portuguese media.
Some of the dead were children who suffocated in the stampede, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said. Lusa and Angop, Angola's state-run news agency, reported a death toll of 17.
According to reports, the children may have snuck in to watch the game.
Sky News reports Ernesto Luis, director general of the local hospital in northern Angola, said: 'There had been a push that led to the suffocation of people.
Video footage indicates the stampede may have happened shortly after a goal was scored in the match in Angola +4
'Some people had to walk on the top of other people. There was 76 casualties, of whom 17 died.'
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos expressed condolences to the families of the victims, and instructed officials to assist the injured and open an investigation, Angop reported.
Spectators had gone to the stadium to watch the inaugural game between home team Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in the national Girabola competition.
One source reports a witness said: 'There were only two policemen in the place and people started pushing until the gate gave way.'
Posting on Facebook, FC Porto wrote: 'The tragedy returned to football. FC Porto sympathises with the families of the victims and with the Angolan people following the accident, in municipal stadium in 4 January, in Angola.'
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