Six individuals died during a crowd crush at a military recruitment event held at El-Wak Stadium in Accra, Ghana.
The incident, which occurred on Wednesday, also resulted in 22 injuries, with five individuals remaining in critical condition.
The Ghana Armed Forces released a statement indicating that the crush appeared to have been caused by "an unexpected surge of applicants who breached security protocols and rushed into the gates."
Thousands of applicants had gathered at the stadium in the capital city with the aim of joining the military.