At least 11 people have died and several others have been injured during a stampede at a church service in the Zimbabwean mining town of Kwekwe, police said on Friday.
“Four people died during a crush at a stadium in Kwekwe,” said police spokesman Shadreck Mubaiwa. “The other seven died on arrival at State hospital in the town.”The tragedy occurred on Thursday night at a stadium in Kwekwe, 218 kilometres southwest of the capital Harare, at an event organised by Prophet Walter Magaya, a popular Pentecostal preacher who claims to perform miracles of healing.Mubaiwa said there was a stampede as the church service ended when thousands of worshippers pushed their way through the venue’s only exit.“Because of the pressure, some people fell resulting in the deaths and injuries.”