Many suffocated in the crush of bodies that formed as fans attempting to flee the stadium found their escape blocked by a locked steel gate, survivors said.

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The trust believes the fly-tippers, upon realising they had blocked their exit, then sawed down wooden gate posts to make their escape.

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