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January 1, 2013

12:51 • 5 months ago

Ivory Coast stampede: Dozens killed, hundreds injured after fireworks display

60+ killed last night in a stampede in Abidjan, which took place outside of a football stadium after a fireworks display. Another 200 or more were injured in the incident, which mostly affected children and teenagers. ”I don’t know what happened but I found myself lying on the ground with people stepping on me, pulling my hair or tearing my clothes,” said one woman, who gave her name as Zeinab, regarding the stampede. source

November 22, 2010

20:12 • 2 years ago

Tags: cambodia cambodia stampede cambodia water festival Khmer Rogue Phnom Penh stampede 1 • Permalink

People were stuck on the bridge, they could not move, so they pushed others into the water. I was stuck on the bridge for five hours and I could not move.

Cambodia Water Festival disaster survivor Yan San • Describing the stampede that killed hundreds and left hundreds more like himself injured. The disaster is the worst to hit the country since the Khmer Rogue regime killed up to 2 million people in the late 1970s – which seems downright modest in comparison, but taken on its own terms is still pretty awful. How often do hundreds of people die at a festival? source (via • follow)

20:09 • 2 years ago

Cambodia festival stampede: Hundreds killed, hundreds injured

Tags: cambodia cambodia water festival crush large crowds Phnom Penh stampede 6 • Permalink

341+ number of people killed in today’s stampede in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s largest city
329+ number of people injured at the Cambodia Water Festival, which four million people attended
240+ number of people killed in the stampede that were women, which is pretty insane source

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