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At least one dead, 37 injured in Madagascar stadium stampede: hospital

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At least one person was killed and 37 were injured in a stampede at a football stadium in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, hospital sources said Sunday.

The stampede occurred at the entrance to the venue just before kickoff between Madagascar and Senegal, the city's Hrja Hospital spokesman Oliva Alain Rakoto told reporters, adding that "for the moment" the accident toll is one dead and 37 injured.

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First Published: Sep 09 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

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