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22 Nov 2010 20:12

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World: Cambodia stampede: People couldn’t move for hours

  • 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

22 Nov 2010 20:09

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World: Cambodia festival stampede: Hundreds killed, hundreds injured

  • 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

25 Jul 2010 00:04

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Music, World: Love Parade tragedy: Huge crowds may have caused stampede

  • 700k number of people Love Parade 2010 was expecting
  • 1.4M number of people who actually showed up today
  • 18 number of people killed in the Love Parade stampede source

24 Jul 2010 16:46

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Music, World: Love Parade tragedy: Here’s a scary video clip from the scene

  • Harrowing stuff. Imagine being stuck in a situation like this – a huge festival basically brought to its knees by a stampede which killed and injured many. There are likely many confused people inside. Best wishes to everyone involved. source

24 Jul 2010 13:41

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Music, World: Love Parade tragedy: Mass panic blamed for festival stampede

Apparently something spooked the crowd of German techno fans, leading to the mass stampede. The festival appears to not be going on anymore. source

04 Jul 2010 22:50

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U.S.: Yikes: A bunch of horses freak out, trample an Iowa crowd

  • 23 people were injured, and one killed, at an Iowa parade source