Wounded people sit at the University Hospital of Antananarivo (HJRA) to receive first aid after a bomb blast around 7.30 pm local time at Mahamasina Stadium during Malagasy Independence Day causing 84 wounded and 2 dead on June 26, 2016
PHOTO: AFP
President Hery Rajaonarimampianina called the blast an "unacceptable terrorist act", when he visited the 72 people wounded in hospital. Police said the explosive device at the open-air Mahamasina stadium was likely a grenade.
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A similar attack on a concert after the inauguration of Rajaonarimampianina in January 2014 killed one child.
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