Question: Name the Angolan stadium in which about several people have died and 100 injured when a stampede occured during a local football match?
(a) Yuge Stadium
(b) Lamela Stadium
(c) January 4 stadium
(d) Santigo Stadium
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 11 February 2017; about several people have died and 100 injured in an Angolan stadium when a stampede occured during a local football match.
- The stampede occurred at the January 4th stadium in Uige, a city in northern Angola.
- The football match was going between Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in Angola’s domestic league season.
- The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium), it followed a controversial decision by the referee in a game between the top local sides, Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
Reference:
http://www.africanews.com/2017/02/10/17-dead-scores-injured-in-stampede-at-football-game-in-angola/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4213478/17-killed-stampede-Angolan-football-stadium.html
http://af.reuters.com/article/angolaNews/idAFL5N1FV6MI
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/17-killed-in-stampede-at-Angolan-football-stadium-police/article17287704.ece