( CNN ) -- At least 36 people were killed in a stampede at a stadium in Mali after a speech by a prominent imam , the British Embassy in the country said Tuesday . The stampede at the Modibo Keita stadium took place Monday afternoon as the crowd was leaving the facility , said Mohamed Ba , a consular at the embassy . Another 64 people were wounded , he said . The crowd had come to hear Imam Osman Madani Haidara speak . `` The stadium seats 25,000 and it was absolutely full , as it is every time Imam Osman Madani Haidara gives a sermon , '' Ba said .
NEW : The 25,000-seat stadium was packed , Ba says . The crowd had come to hear a prominent imam speak . 64 others are hurt , an official says .