A crowd crush at a football match in Guinea has caused multiple casualties, the country’s prime minister has confirmed, with one social media video showing fans scrambling to get out of a packed stadium. “The government deplores the incidents that marred the football match between the Labé and Nzérékoré teams this afternoon in Nzérékoré,” Prime Minister Bah Oury said in a statement. “Victims were recorded during the crowd crush” he added. “The government is monitoring the development of the situation and reiterates its call for calm so that hospital services are not hindered in providing first aid to the injured,” Oury said, with city authorities ordered to restore “social tranquality.” Oury’s statement did not give an account of what happened inside the stadium, but he said a more detailed report would follow. It is not currently clear how many casualties there are. Local outlet Mediaguinee said there were “several deaths,…
