SAD: ALGERIA: Qualification celebration leaves 12 dead and 240 injured

Too much of desperation was in place a night before the match when Algerian citizens displayed various fireworks in front of the hotel where the Burkina base were lodged. The Stadium was filled above its capacity hours before kick off and you could sense that a failure to qualify or joy of qualification could lead to something.
Celebrations for the Algerian football squad’s last-minute qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has resulted in 12 dead and 240 injured. A nerve-wracking win against Burkina Faso was celebrated across the North African country with horn-blowing fans driving their cars round and round the streets in heavy rains. The Algerian government said that five fans were killed when a van slipped off the road into a gorge in the town of Bejaia, east of Algiers. Another four people were killed in a car accident in the city of Biskra. The remaining three died in other towns but there were no further details. R.I.P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!