Two Die After Gabon Soccer Match
Soccer fans rampaged across a stadium Sunday after Zaire eliminated Gabon from the Africa Cup of Nations, and a police captain and a youth were killed in fighting, the Gabon Press Agency reported in Libreville.
Spectators set cars ablaze in Gabon’s capital, and a police station was ransacked, the agency said.
An unknown number of people were hurt after the match ended in a 0-0 draw that eliminated Gabon from the competition.
One police captain was shot dead by a spectator after firing a warning shot into the air, the state agency reported.
In a separate incident outside the stadium, some youths stoned a vehicle driven by a policewoman, who drove into them, killing one.
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