Gulf 25 | Stampede kills a person and injures dozens in the vicinity of Basra Stadium, and the match is likely to be canceled

Weather of Arabia - before the final match in the Gulf Cup, scheduled between the national team and its Omani counterpart, at seven o'clock in the evening local time, a football stadium in Basra witnessed a severe stampede, as a result of which a person was killed.

On Thursday, local Iraqi media reported the death of one person and the injury of 60 others as a result of the accident.

A security source also explained that the stampede occurred between the fans in front of the "Palm Trunk" stadium in Basra Governorate.

He stated that the Iraqi fans began to gather in front of the gates of the stadium that hosts the Gulf Cup final match between the national team and its Omani counterpart, which starts at seven in the evening local time.

Suggestions to cancel the match

In turn, the governor of Basra warned of the possibility of transferring the final Gulf 25 outside Iraq in the event that the stampede continues.

He added that the match is likely to be canceled today.

- urgent :

The organizing committee is currently meeting to discuss postponing the 25th #Gulf final in Basra due to the crowd of fans, estimated at 150,000 fans, in the vicinity of the Palm Trunk Stadium! #Iraq _ Oman

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In a related context, the Iraqi Prime Minister arrived in Basra Governorate to hold an urgent meeting with security officials regarding the incident.

The information confirmed the presence of about 150,000 Iraqi fans outside the stadium.

It is noteworthy that huge numbers had entered Basra since last night.

While the security was unable to control the situation.