KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A government spokesman says 23 people have been killed during a stampede at a festival in southwest Congo honoring a popular singer who died in February.

Lambert Mende said the stampede early Friday morning was caused when two generators failed, plunging the stadium in the town of Kikwit into darkness. He said the death toll was still provisional and that injuries were also reported.

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