26 Jan 2022

Covid-19: Eight people killed in Cameroon football crush

From Morning Report, 6:15 am on 26 January 2022

At least eight people have been killed and nearly 40 injured in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations soccer match in Cameroon.

Videos showed screaming fans being crushed at an entry gate to the Paul Biya stadium in the capital Yaoundé.

Witnesses described chaotic scenes outside the ground as thousands of fans struggled to get access.

Two children are among the dead.

Danish journalist Buster Emil Kirchner witnessed the stampede.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.