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At least 6 people are dead in a crush outside a match.
Ed Dove reports that at least six people have died in a crush outside the stadium where the game is being played. (1:45)
The time is 6:22 PM.
At least eight people died and 38 were injured in a crush outside a stadium hosting an Africa Cup of Nations soccer game, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
The host country of the Africa's top football tournament was playing in a last-16 game in the Olembe Stadium in the capital city of Yaounde, and crowds were not able to get in.
Children were caught up in the crush at the stadium. The witnesses said it happened when the stadium stewards stopped allowing people in.
The hospital that received the most injured people was the Messassi. The injured people left the stadium at 12:14 a.m. on Monday.
The nurse said that some of the injured were in desperate condition. They will have to be evacuated to a specialized hospital.
50,000 people tried to attend the match. The stadium was supposed to be 80% full for the game, but it wasn't meant to be because of restrictions on the size of the crowd.
There was a large crowd movement and there was a lot of people in the middle of the street. We are waiting for reliable information.
The Confederation of African Football said in a statement that it was aware of the incident.
CAF is currently investigating the situation and trying to get more information. We are in constant contact with the local organizing committee.
The general secretary went to visit injured fans in the hospital.
The families and friends of the victims who lost their lives following the tragic incident that took place at Olembe Stadium during the Africa Cup of Nations fixture between Cameroon and Comoros are receiving sincerest sympathies from the world's governing body of football.
The thoughts and prayers of the global football community are with the victims, the ones who have been injured in this incident, and all the staff of both CAF and the Cameroonian Football Association at this difficult moment.
The Africa Cup is being hosted for the first time in 50 years. It was supposed to host the tournament in 2019, but it was taken away and awarded to Egypt because of concerns about the readiness of its stadiums.
Olembe Stadium was under scrutiny.
In order to get fans to attend the first-round games at the new stadiums, the authorities of the country gave out free tickets.
Monday's incident was the second serious blow to the country in the space of a day, after at least 17 people died from a fire set off by a series of explosions at a nightclub in Yaounde on Sunday.
President Paul Biya urged the country to be on guard while it hosts its biggest national sports event in a half-century.
The game was won by the Africans.
Ed Dove's information was used in the story.
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