60 Dead, 200 Injured In Stadium Stampede
What a tragedy, at the beginningg of the year? May God help us all.
A New Year's Eve fireworks display
turned from celebration to tragedy early Tuesday when more than 60
children were crushed to death in a stampede, according to state media
reports.
A stampede after a New Year's Eve fireworks display near a stadium in
Abidjan killed at least 60 and injured 200. About 60 people were crushed
to death in Ivory Coast's main city of
Abidjan overnight after a New Year's Eve fireworks display, an emergency
official and state radio said Tuesday. "There are around 60 dead,
and about 200 injured. This is a provisional estimate," a rescue
official told Reuters, asking not to be named.
He said the incident happened near Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium where a crowd had gathered to watch fireworks. A
Reuters correspondent said there were blood stains and abandoned shoes
outside the stadium Tuesday morning, and government officials and rescue
and security forces were still there.
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