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New Year’s Stampede Kills 61, Mostly Children [View all]
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Source: ABC News
A crush of people has killed at least 61 party-goers — most of them children — following New Year’s eve celebrations in the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. Officials say over 200 were injured in a stampede of people who had been watching fireworks at the African country’s sports stadium.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/01/new-years-stampede-kills-60-mostly-children/
I've always avoided crowds.
There just is no way to control a stampede like this.
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