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1 Jan 2013

About 60 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stampede

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

Shoes are seen along a street in Plateau district where a stampede occurred after a New Year's Eve fireworks display in AbidjanABIDJAN (Reuters) – About 60 people were crushed to death in a stampede outside a stadium in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan after a New Year's Eve fireworks display, the government said on Tuesday. The incident took place near Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium where a crowd had gathered to watch fireworks, emergency officials said. One of the injured, speaking to Reuters at a hospital, said security forces had arrived to break up the crowd, triggering a panic in which many people fell over and were trampled. …

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/60-crushed-death-ivory-coast-stadium-stampede-113625171.html