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No Fewer Than 6 Perish in Crowd Crush at Ghana Armed Forces Enlistment Event
At least six people have died amid a stampede at a military recruitment event held in a sports arena in Ghana.
The midweek "tragic" incident seems to have been triggered by "an unexpected surge of applicants who overcame security measures and stormed the gates," stated a release from Ghana's armed forces.
22 others were injured, including five who are in serious state.
A large crowd had turned up at the El-Wak sports venue, in the main city, the capital, with the aspiration of joining the armed forces.
Ghana has a youth unemployment rate of about 32%, the most recent government statistics show, and such enlistment drives typically draw massive gatherings and frequently lead to disorderly situations.
The deadline to submit applications for this event was prolonged for a week to accommodate more applicants, as some had experienced challenges in the application procedure.
Military representative Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin said the stampede occurred ahead of the event's scheduled start of 6:20 AM Greenwich Mean Time.
The nation's leader John Mahama has gone to see the injured in hospital.
Order has been reestablished, and the recruitment exercise has since started.
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