{"id":2013016,"date":"2023-08-26T12:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-12-fans-dead-dozens-injured-in-stadium-stampede-at-opening-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2023-08-26T12:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:51:30","slug":"at-least-12-fans-dead-dozens-injured-in-stadium-stampede-at-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-12-fans-dead-dozens-injured-in-stadium-stampede-at-opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"12 fans dead, many injured in stadium stampede during opening ceremony."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fat-least-12-fans-dead-dozens-injured-in-stadium-stampede-at-opening-ceremony%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragedy Strikes at Opening Ceremony: Stadium Stampede Claims Lives<\/h2>\n<p>A devastating stampede at a stadium\u200c in Madagascar \u2062has left a trail of destruction, with at\u200c least 12 people losing their lives \u200band 85\u200c others injured. The incident occurred during the opening \u200bceremony of the highly anticipated Indian Ocean Island Games, leaving\u200b sports fans\u2062 in shock and authorities\u200b scrambling to respond.<\/p>\n<p>According to government spokesperson Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy, 33 of the injured individuals are still receiving treatment in hospitals.\u200d The stampede took place on \u200bFriday at the Mahamasina\u2063 Stadium in the capital city of \u200cAntananarivo. The \u2064chaos unfolded \u2063as crowds gathered at an entrance, \u2062eagerly awaiting the commencement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-least-12-fans-dead-dozens-injured-in-stadium-stampede-at-opening-ceremony\/\" title=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disaster-at-national-league-quarterfinals-12-fans-dead-dozens-more-injured\/\" title=\"12 Fans Dead, Dozens Injured in National League Quarterfinals Disaster.\">12 fans dead<\/a>, many injured in stadium stampede during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/torch-relay-begins-for-2020-summer-olympics\/\" title=\"Torch relay begins for 2020 Summer Olympics\">opening ceremony<\/a>.&#8221;>regional multi-sports event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-measles-epidemic-in-madagascar-kills-more-than-900-says-who\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madagascar<\/a>&#8216;s Prime Minister, Christian Ntsay, expressed his deep concern on Friday, revealing that 11\u200c people were in critical condition following \u200dthe stampede, which occurred around 4:30 p.m. Ntsay personally visited the victims at the hospital, offering support and\u200c solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2063there is \u2064no\u200b update \u2064on the\u2064 condition of \u2062those critically injured, President Andry Rajoelina, who was present at the ceremony, called\u200b for a poignant moment of silence to \u200dhonor the \u200dvictims. Despite\u2063 the tragedy,\u200b the opening ceremony proceeded as\u2063 planned.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, this is not \u2063the first time the Mahamasina Stadium has \u2064witnessed such a horrific incident. In\u200c 2018, one person lost their life and 37 others were injured in a stampede before a qualifying game for the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament between Madagascar\u200c and Senegal.\u2062 The following\u200d year, a stampede at a \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/young-country-music-star-praises-god-thousands-hear-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music concert<\/a> claimed the\u2062 lives of 15 people.<\/p>\n<h3>Indian Ocean Island Games: A \u2064Celebration Marred by Tragedy<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200cIndian Ocean\u2062 Island Games is \u200ba prestigious multi-sports event that brings together\u2062 nations from the region. Comoros, Maldives,\u2064 Mauritius, Mayotte,\u2064 Reunion, \u200bSeychelles, and Madagascar all participate in this grand sporting spectacle,\u200d which first took place\u2062 in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Madagascar \u200bstepped in as the host country, replacing the Maldives. The games\u200d are scheduled to continue until September 3, but the shadow\u200c of this devastating\u200d stampede will undoubtedly \u200bcast \u2062a somber mood over the remaining events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western \u2062Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication\u200b to ensure\u2064 that it \u200bmeets \u200cour editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-crush-opening-ceremony-indian-ocean-island-games-madagascar-kills-least-12\/\">At Least\u200d 12 Fans Dead, Dozens Injured in Stadium \u200bStampede at\u200d Opening Ceremony<\/a> appeared first \u200bon \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200d Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stampede at Madagascar&#8217;s Mahamasina Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games has resulted in 12 deaths and 85 injuries. Government spokesperson Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy confirmed that 33 of the injured are still in the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2013017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}