Stampede in Iraq stadium, 4 killed: International match was happening for the first time in 40 years, more than 65 thousand people gathered

Four people were killed and 80 injured in a stampede at Iraq's football stadium on Thursday. The incident took place during the final of the International Football Tournament being held in Iraq after 4 decades. When thousands of people gathered at Basra Stadium and its surrounding area to watch the match.

Iraq's Football Federation reported that 90% of tickets for the final had been sold well in advance. Due to which the people who came from thousands of kilometers away to watch the match got angry. Football fans got angry and started gathering outside the stadium, after which the crowd became so crowded that a stampede started.

More than 65 thousand people gathered to watch the match

According to the report of Aljazeera, the capacity of Basra International Stadium is 65 thousand people. However, on Thursday, more than 65 thousand people gathered to watch the final match of the Arabian Gulf Cup. Seeing such a large number of people gathering, all the gates of the stadium were closed.

Roads were closed to stop the stampede The
situation in Basra was so bad that all the roads leading to the stadium were closed up to 15 kilometers to stop the football fans. To prevent people from coming to the stadium, TVs were installed at various places in Basra city. From the ministers to the army appealed to the crowd to return but the people did not listen to them and the crowd continued to gather.

The picture is of people gathered outside Basra Stadium to watch the final match of the Gulf Cup.
The picture is of people gathered outside Basra Stadium to watch the final match of the Gulf Cup.

Fans were disappointed
Diwaniya Sajjad Ahmed, 17, told Al Jazeera that she had traveled 320 kilometers to watch the match, but everything went wrong due to the stampede. She said that if she had known about these circumstances earlier, she would not have come at all. Fans also came from Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia to watch the Gulf final match.

People try to save themselves after a stampede at Basra Stadium.

When Saddam came to power, the Gulf Cup was held in Iraq in that year also,
before this year i.e. 2023, Gulf Cup matches were played in Iraq in the year 1979 itself. This was the same year when Saddam Hussein got the power of Iraq. However, when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990, FIFA banned Iraq from hosting any international matches. Since then, after 23 years, such a match took place in Iraq.


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