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Africa-Press – Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final due to be held at the Olembe Stadium on Sunday will be moved after a fatal crush outside the ground on Monday.<\/p>\n

At least eight people were killed and 38 injured as fans struggled to get access to a match between hosts Cameroon and Comoros in Yaounde.<\/p>\n

All Nations Cup matches will remember victims with a minute’s silence.<\/p>\n

The Confederation of African Football and world governing body Fifa have sent condolences to the affected families.<\/p>\n

Two children, aged six and 14, were among the dead, and seven people were seriously injured in the crush.<\/p>\n

Caf president Patrice Motsepe visited injured supporters in hospital and the scene outside the Olembe Stadium on Tuesday, and later said he was “sad and hurt” by the incident.<\/p>\n

Motsepe added that Caf must take responsibility for the crush along with the local organising committee and the Cameroonian government.<\/p>\n

“We have a duty to find out exactly what happened and more importantly to put in preventative measures to ensure that what happened never happens again,” he said.<\/p>\n

“There were deficiencies, weaknesses, failures, things that should have been foreseen.<\/p>\n

“When people lose their lives you must be angry and demand explanations and guarantees that it will never happen again.”<\/p>\n

The Olembe Stadium, newly constructed to host the tournament, has a capacity of 60,000 but was not meant to be more than 80% full because of Covid-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n

However, match officials were quoted as saying that as many as 50,000 people were trying to attend Monday’s match.<\/p>\n

The ground held the opening ceremony and is due to host a semi-final and the Nations Cup final on Sunday, 6 February.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s quarter-final is now set to be played at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde instead.<\/p>\n

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