At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured in Madagascar during a stampede in front of a sports stadium in the capital Antananarivo during a National Day ceremony.
According to the director of the hospital, Professor Alison Oliva Rakoto, the stampede also addressed in the occurrence of about 80 injured.
According to witnesses interviewed by Agence France-Presse at the hospital, the stampede took place in the afternoon in front of the Mahamassina Stadium where thousands of people were gathered for a concert after the annual National Day parade.
Witnesses said that at the end of the military parade the security forces opened the doors of the stadium to allow those present to leave the stadium, but the crowd outside rushed inside as soon as they saw the doors open, the security forces closed the doors again , which led to the capture of crowds and the deadly stampede.
