Guinea football stadium crush: Rights groups say 135 killed in Nzérékoré

Estimate based on information from hospital, cemeteries, families, witnesses and other sources.

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The figure, which is unverified, far exceeds the official number of deaths at 56.

The groups said the estimate was based on information from hospital, cemeteries, witnesses at the stadium, families of victims, mosques, churches and the local media. More than 50 others are still missing, it said.

The military government, however, has warned against spreading "unverified" information, saying that its investigations are ongoing into the tragedy in the country’s second largest city, Nzérékoré.

Justice Minister Yaya Kaïraba Kaba said he had instructed the opening of a judicial inquiry against the alleged perpetrators.

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