A Clash Between Fans Leave Over 100 Persons Dead In Guinea

A Clash Between Fans Leave Over 100 Persons Dead In Guinea
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Rival football fans clashed violently during a game in N’Zerekore, Guinea’s second-largest city, on Sunday, killing at least 100 people.
According to a hospital source, the scenes were horrifying, with bodies scattered across the hospital and morgue floors.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, one physician said that the morgue was overflowing and that more bodies were scattered throughout the corridors.

“There are around 100 dead,” the doctor reported.

Witnesses reported that angry demonstrators also burned and damaged the N’Zerekore police station.
“It all began with a disputed referee decision,” a witness told AFP, requesting anonymity for safety reasons. The stadium was then overrun by fans.
According to local media, the game was a part of a tournament held in honor of Mamadi Doumbouya, the leader of Guinea’s junta, who assumed power in a coup in 2021 and has since positioned himself as the nation’s president.

As political alliances start to take shape and Doumbouya makes intimations about running in the next presidential elections, these competitions have become more frequent in Guinea.

President Alpha Conde appointed Doumbouya to lead an elite force tasked with defending the president against such coups, but Doumbouya came to power by force in September 2021.

Doumbouya promised to return the nation to civilian rule by the end of 2024 in response to pressure from abroad, but he has since made it clear that he will not carry out this commitment.
Doumbouya “exceptionally” rose to the rank of lieutenant general in January, and he was promoted to army general just last month.

Many opposition leaders have been arrested, charged, or exiled as a result of the junta leader’s crackdown on dissent.

Following the coup, the junta issued a “transitional charter” that prohibited any junta member from standing in either local or national elections. Doumbouya’s supporters, however, have recently declared their support for him in the next presidential election.
Authorities declared in late September that elections would be held in 2025 in an effort to restore constitutional order.
Guinea has a long history of authoritarian rule and is still among the world’s poorest countries, despite its abundance of natural resources.
Since 2020, a number of military leaders, including those in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, have seized power throughout West Africa, including Doumbouya.

The fighting occurred in N’Zerekore, which is in the southeast of Guinea and is home to about 200,000 people.

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