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Stampede at Fally Ipupa concert leaves eleven dead in DRC Congo

Fally Ipupa's packed concert in DRC Congo. (Courtesy)

A stampede left eleven people dead at the biggest stadium in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital during Africa's star Fally Ipupa's concert on Saturday evening.

The country's Interior Minister, Daniel Aselo Okito, released a statement on Sunday and blamed the organisers for the deaths - nine music lovers and two police officers - at the Martyrs' stadium concert in Kinshasa.

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