Wall falls on soccer fans

LUSAKA - At least 15 people were feared killed yesterday, after a wall collapsed on fins leaving Lusaka soccer stadium after …

LUSAKA - At least 15 people were feared killed yesterday, after a wall collapsed on fins leaving Lusaka soccer stadium after a match between Zambia and Sudan, hospital sources' said.

Witnesses said the wall collapsed at the end of the match when a section of the 25,000 strong crowd surged towards a gate which appeared to be locked.

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