Thousands of fans without tickets crowded at the gates of Basra stadium in the early hours of the morning hoping to see the match between Iraq and Oman.
One person died and dozens were injured Thursday in a stampede outside the stadium in Iraq where the Gulf Cup final was held, medical and security sources said.
Thousands of fans without tickets were crowding the gates of the stadium in Basra at dawn in hopes of attending the match between Iraq and Oman when the crush occurred. "There is one dead and dozens lightly wounded," a medical source said on condition of anonymity, a report confirmed by an interior ministry spokesman.