Dozens Die in Cote d'Ivoire Stampede
- Publisher:
- Al Jazeera
- Publication Date:
- 1 January 2013
- Tags:
- Cote d'Ivoire
At least 60 people, many of them children, were crushed to death during a New Year fireworks display in the city of Abidjan. One witness said the stampede began when security forces tried to break up the crowd. Al Jazeera's Mohamed Adow reports.
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