ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say a stampede at an anti-government rally in central Pakistan killed seven supporters of famous cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan.
Government official Zahid Saleem says the incident took place late on Friday at a stadium in the city of Multan.
The stampede happened at the end of the rally, when Khan’s supporters tried to push their way out of a gate after listening to his speech at a local stadium. Forty people were also injured.
Police said over 40,000 people attended the rally. The seven killed were crushed to death during the stampede.
Khan has led mass sit-ins in the capital, Islamabad, since August, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down over alleged fraud in the 2013 elections.
Pro-Khan rallies elsewhere in Pakistan have been mostly free of violence.
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