Tragic Stampede-Accident in the Ivory Coast.mp4

	Tragic Stampede-Accident in the Ivory Coast.mp4 click here to subscribe; http:\youtube.comsubscription_center?add_user=areyouintheknow At least 60 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in a crush during new year festivities in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, officials say. The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday as people were heading home from a fireworks display at a stadium in the city's Plateau district. Most of the dead are believed to be children aged between eight and 15. Details of what caused the stampede are unclear, but the government has pledged to investigate the tragedy. The death toll is expected to rise. Abandoned clothes The crush happened after the fireworks ended in the 65000-capacity Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium at about 02:00 local time. "During the fireworks everything was proceeding normally," Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko said. "At the end of it people wanted to go home, back to their home districts. "Near the Hotel Tiama and the Houphouet-Boigny stadium there was a stampede. We were notified of injuries and deaths, and as regards casualties, we learnt that there was a heavy toll. The circumstances surrounding the incident will form the subject of an investigation." Reports vary as to what caused the crush. According to some reports, thousands of people were trying to leave the festivities at the same time as another large crowd was arriving, the BBC's West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says. But one of the wounded told Reuters news agency that the arrival of <b>...</b>	From: AreYouinTheKnow Views: 0 0 ratings
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