BREAKING NEWS: 60 Dead, 200 Injured In Stadium Stampede
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.
The
victims ranged in age from eight to 15, the official AIP news agency
said. They were mostly from Abidjan, the country's largest city and
former capital.
The stampede occurred around 1 a.m., near a stadium in the Plateau area of the city, it said.
Fire service rescuers were at the scene two hours later but could not save the victims, AIP said.
More than 100 people were also injured in the stampede, the news agency said.
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