Guinea Stadium Crush: 135 Dead

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Guinea football stadium crush: Rights groups say 135 killed in Nzérékoré

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Human rights groups in Guinea say they believe more than 135 football fans were killed in a crush at a stadium on Sunday , most of them children.

The groups said the estimate was based on information from hospital, cemeteries, witnesses at the stadium, families of victims, mosques , churches and the local media.

The military government, however, has warned against spreading "unverified" information.

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