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8 die in stampede at African music star Fally Ipupa concert in DR Congo

The Hindu | 30/10/2022 07:57 PM | Click to read full article

A stampede left seven spectators and one police officer dead during a packed concert by African music star Fally Ipupa at the biggest stadium in DR Congo's capital, the police chief told official press agency ACP on Sunday. "It was a stampede," that caused the deaths, a policeman on the scene told the official Congolese Press Agency. Singer-songwriter Fally Ipupa, "like all Congolese singers", had arrived several hours after the show had been scheduled to start, the agency noted.

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