Accra Sports Stadium Disaster
- Accra Sports Stadium Disaster
The Accra Sports Stadium disaster occurred at the Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana on May 9 2001. It was a disaster that took the lives of 127 people.
The Accra disaster is the worst stadium disaster to have taken place in Africa. It occurred during a match between Ghana's two most successful football teams, Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club and Asante Kotoko. The home side scored two late goals to defeat Kotoko 2-1 which led to disappointed Kotoko fans throwing plastic seats and bottles onto the pitch. The response to this crowd disturbance from the police was to fire tear gas into the crowd. Panic ensued and a resulting stampede led to the deaths from compressive asphyxia of 127 people.
Reports claim that medical staff had already left the stadium due to the proximity in which the disaster occurred to the end of the match. Some gates were locked so preventing escape. Six police officers were charged with 127 counts of manslaughter.
External links and references
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1322433.stm BBC report]
* [http://www.crowddynamics.com/Disasters/ghana_2001.htm Crowd Dynamics report]
* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/public_agenda/issue.php?PUBLISHED=2003-06-23&CAT=4 Ghanaweb report on prosecution case]
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