BREAKING: Two people have died and several others have been injured in a stampede outside a football stadium in Iraq.
two people had died and around 80 had been in injured in the stampede.
According to local media, thousands of fans had gathered since dawn in the hope of watching the match. The stampede came after the governor of Basra, Asaad Al Eidani, urged people not to flock to the stadium, especially those without tickets. He had said: ‘This could lead to a stampede and [the] perfect image of our country, hosting this event, could be tarnished only a few hours before the final ceremony.’Basra, a city on the Shatt al-Arab in the Arabian Peninsula, has an estimated population of 1.4 million.in more than 40 years.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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