A stampede at a packed match between two of Ghana's leading teams killed at least 100 people tonight, according to hospital officials.
Accra's Hearts of Oak were leading Assante Kotoko 2-1 with five minutes left in the game when Assante supporters began throwing bottles and chairs onto the field, witnesses said.
Police then fired tear gas, creating panic in the stands as spectators rushed to escape the gas.
The injured were rushed to surrounding hospitals, where officials said on condition of anonymity that at least 100 people had been killed and many more injured.
This was the fourth soccer disaster in Africa during the past month.
Forty-three people were killed on April 11 at a stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Another stampede on April 29 killed eight people in Lubumbashi, Congo. And on May 6, fighting broke out among fans at a soccer match in Ivory Coast, killing one person and injuring 39.