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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - The government on Sunday launched an investigation into the deaths of 12 soccer fans who were crushed as they tried to leave a stadium after Zambia defeated Republic of Congo in an African Cup qualifier.
Sports minister Gabriel Namulambe visited Konkola Stadium in the northern Copperbelt mining town of Chililabombwe and said the government had ordered the Zambian Football Association to take steps to prevent a repeat of the Saturday tragedy.
"At the end of the soccer match we all thought everything had ended well only to be shocked with the news that 12 fans had died after the match," he said on state-owned Television Zambia.
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