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.
Algeria defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 in the second leg playoff and qualified on away goals. Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon Ghana are the other African nations to qualify.
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