DR Congo suspends non-sporting activities after deadly stampede


By Shi Yu
  • World
  • Monday, 29 Jul 2024

KINSHASA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- All non-sporting activities will be suspended until further notice at sports venues in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a day after a stampede killed at least nine people during a concert at Stade des Martyrs, a main sports center in the national capital, Deputy Prime Minister for Interior Jacquemain Shabani said Sunday.

Both Stade des Martyrs and Stade de Tata Raphael, also in Kinshasa, have been put on the list for the ban, said Shabani after a crisis meeting held Sunday. Saturday's stampede occurred during musician Mike Kalambayi's concert at Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa, where at least nine people, including a pregnant woman and children, died.

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