Six people have died in Guinea celebrating the Syli National’s win over Gambia at the Africa 2023 Cup of Nations.

Guinea’s 1-0 against Gambia sparked wild scenes back home as people took to the streets in cars and on motorcycles in the Guinean capital, Conakry, on Friday night.

According to The Independent, the Guinean football federation confirmed the deaths, along with a number of injuries when two vehicles travelling at high speed collided.

Former Guinea star Pascal Feindouno called for calm. “I have a message to send to Guinean men and women,” Feindouno told the BBC in Yamoussoukro, where the national team are based.

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“Rest assured that we will do something at the Nations Cup but we have learned something that will destabilise us. We learned there were deaths after the victory against The Gambia.

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