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Former Accra Hearts of Oak striker Emmanuel Osei Kuffour has blamed Kotoko fans for the 2001 May 9 disaster at the Accra sports stadium.The stadium disaster took the lives of 127 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa.It occurred during a match between Ghana's two most successful football teams, Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko.According to Kuffour who featured for Hearts on the day, the unprecedented incident was as a result of the bad conduct of some Kotoko fans at the stadium.“The behavior of the Kotoko fans brought about the incident. They started it all.” Kuffour told JOY Sports.
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