A Comorian football fan who was shot by security forces holding off a rush of supporters at a stadium before a World Cup qualifier has died, his family said on Tuesday.

Fahad Moindze, 21, died in hospital in Tanzania, where he was airlifted last Thursday suffering from a wound to the head, a relative told AFP.

Authorities said some fans had tried to force their way into Malouzini stadium in Moroni before a match against Ghana on November 21. Comoros pulled off a shock 1-0 win in the game.

Government spokesman Houmed Msaidie said last week the unfortunate incident was caused by the accidental handling of a weapon, as security forces responded to a large number of people trying to enter the stadium.

The Interior ministry was to hold a press conference on the matter.

The Comoros national team official fan club sent condolences to Moindzes family, adding in a Facebook post that it would lodge a complaint with authorities over the death.

Many in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of 900,000 people reacted angrily over the death.

Police blunders must not go unpunished, Djamal El-Dine Bacar, a lawyer, wrote on Facebook.

Yet another victim of incompetence and inhumanity, posted Nadia Tourqui, who works for a civil society group. (Agency Report: Text, Excluding Headline)