Once again, football is in mourning after around 100 people lost their lives after a match in the town of N’Zerekore in Guinea.

On Sunday afternoon, the final of the tournament dedicated to General Mamadi Doumbouya, who became president after a coup d’etat in Guinea in September 2021, was held.

The Labe and Nzerekore teams were playing in a tense atmosphere, as the fans had started to attack each other in the stands. Despite this, the action on the field continued.

The tragedy originated when the referee of the match called a play, which enraged both fans who invaded the field to engage in a brawl.

Tragedy in the streets of Nzerekore

This pitched battle moved to the streets of Nzerekore, which social networks recorded in images and videos, in which it is claimed that dozens of fans were killed.

Similarly, people set fire to a police station near the Stade du 3 Avril, the venue for the game that was not completed, according to local media reports such as africaguinee.com.

After the tragedy, the army was deployed in the streets to restore order, while the morgue reported the presence of more than 100 bodies, according to sources told AFP.

And the response of the Guinean government…

In a brief message via X, Prime Minister Amadou Oury Bah indicated that the government deplores the incidents, and despite the late action of the authorities, the ruler described their intervention as timely to restore order.

“The government is monitoring the evolution of the situation and reiterates its call for calm so that hospital services are not hindered in providing first aid to the wounded,”