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One dead, 37 injured in stadium stampede

Madagascar's Mahamasina Municipal Stadium holds around 22,000 people [Courtesy]

At least one person was killed and 37 injured in a stampede at a football stadium in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, a hospital official said yesterday.

“In all, there are 41 patients that entered the hospital including one dead on the spot and two in fairly precarious states,” Oliva Alison Rakoto, director of the Hrja Hospital, said.

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