It was a painful scenario during an all night crusade at Mbizo stadium in Kwekwe when the police had allegedly fired teargas into the crowd at Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, 11 people were crushed to death while many were wounded.
The man in charge of the spiritual service was Zimbabwe’s Prophet Walter Magaya, this happened on Thursday and the event had attracted about 30,000 congregants.
The injured sustained broken legs, ribs, bruises all over their bodies while some dislocated joints.
In a bid to maintain order, police closed all the exits forcing the PHD members to use a single gate.
Congregants brought down a precast wall at the stadium to create other exit points as police fired teargas into the crowd, resulting in a stampede.
"I can confirm that there was a stampede at PHD Ministries yesterday (Thursday) during the first day of the two-day crusade. Prophet Magaya finished preaching around 8:26 pm and it was announced that the crusade had ended. There was only one exit point at the stadium which resulted in the stampede as congregants left the stadium," said Mubaiwa, police spokesperson..
"Four people died on the spot while seven others died on admission at Kwekwe General Hospital," he said.
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