The fans of the Iraqi national team during the match against Qatar in the Gulf 25 (Ahmed Al-Rubaie / France Press)
Keen players Iraqi elected And Al-Qatari, on Monday, to stand for a minute of silence, before their confrontation in the semi-finals of the “Tournament” tournament.Gulf 25held at Basra Stadium.
This came in mourning for 7 Iraqi fans who were killed and 30 others were injured of varying degrees, after a bus that was taking them to the city of Basra, in order to follow the match, had an unfortunate accident on the land road linking the city of Nasiriyah, the center of Dhi Qar Governorate, and Basra.
Our national team and its Qatari counterpart stand a minute of silence for the souls of today’s accident in Nasiriyah
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For its part, the Iraqi Football Association offered condolences to the families of the victims, and wrote in an official statement: “Adnan Darjal, President of the Iraqi Football Association, Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Gulf 25, on behalf of the Al-Ittihad family, extends his deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims who were victims of a traffic accident. While they were traveling from Nasiriyah to Basra to watch the match of our national team and its Qatari brother, which is taking place today in the semi-finals, may God bless them with His vast mercy and dwell them in His spacious gardens.
For its part, the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports wrote, through its accounts on social media: “My deepest condolences and sincere sympathy to the families of the victims, who fell victim to an unfortunate traffic accident while traveling from the city of Nasiriyah to Basra Governorate, to support the Iraqi national team in its match against its Qatari brother.”
A traffic accident 💥 leads to the death of a number of fans 🙌🏻💔 coming from the city of Nasiriyah to the Basra International Stadium 🏟️ to attend the match between Iraq 🇮🇶 and Qatar 🇶🇦 in #Gulf _ Zain 25 🏆 pic.twitter.com/EozeAuJqkW
— 🇶🇦 Temma ⚽ (@Temba_qa) January 16, 2023
