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Family of five dies in a stampede during Dodoma Magufuli memorial service

Soldiers carry the coffin of Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli draped in the national flag. [Reuters]

Five members of one family died on Monday in a stampede during the requiem for President John Pombe Magufuli at Tanzania’s Uhuru Stadium in the administrative capital of Dodoma.

According to media reports,  the stampede happened after mourners breached security forcing their way into the stadium that hosted tens of thousands who had come to view the body of their departed leader.

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