What the records say
- When
- 10 Feb 2017
- Kind
- Crowd crush
- Coordinates
- 7.62° S, 15.06° E
- Description
- 2017 crowd crush in Angola
- Deaths
- 25
- Cause
- stampede
4 January Stadium tragedy
2017 crowd crush in Angola
The tragedy at 4 January Stadium was a stampede that occurred on 10 February 2017, at the 4 January Stadium in Uige, Angola. The incident happened during a first-division football match in the Angolan Championship between Santa Rita and Recreativo Libolo, when a crush at the stadium entrance caused the deaths of 17 people and injured 58 others.
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