AUDIO / The story of the Guinea stadium disaster - The Athletic
- Adam Leventhal, Abi Paterson (United Kingdom)
The Athletic's senior writer and broadcaster Adam Leventhal travelled to Nzerekore, Guinea in the days that followed one of the worst football stadium disasters to investigate the causes of the tragedy which killed at least 135 people according to local human rights groups. He spoke to those who were inside the stadium when the deadly crushes occurred, who lost loved ones including many young children, who were still searching for family members and analysed how the disaster unfolded. Issues of overcrowding, stadium safety, the behaviour of law enforcement and the use of tear gas were central to the story. Exclusive on-the-scene journalism — in a military controlled nation — that got to the heart of a tragedy that had devastated a local community who searched for justice.