/ 1 May 2001

SEVEN DEAD IN DRC FOOTBALL RIOT

AT least seven people died and 51 were injured on Sunday when rival fans invaded the pitch during a football match in Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. An eyewitness said victims were trampled to death and asphyxiated when panic broke out. Police intervened using teargas after rival fans began exchanging insults and hurling stones, then rushed onto the pitch. – AFP