Summary 11 people died in a stampede during a religious service held at a sports stadium, police says.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A police commander in Zimbabwe says 11 people died in a stampede during a religious service held at a sports stadium.
Police commander Shadreck Mubaiwa said Friday that four people died at the stadium and seven more at the hospital. Those killed were attending a church service for a popular Pentecostal pastor, Walter Magaya.
The cause of the stampede which occurred in the early hours of Friday morning was not immediately known. A pregnant woman and three children were among the dead, Magaya told the state-run newspaper The Herald.
Thousands of people were expected to have attended the service at the stadium in Kwekwe, a city in central Zimbabwe.
