Stampede at New Year鈥檚 event in Uganda
At least ten people have died, seven of them children in a crush at a New Year's firework display in Uganda, Kampala's Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire tells Newsday.
Police said crowds got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near the capital Kampala. Some were trampled to death while others suffocated.
Luke Owoyesigire told Newsday: 鈥淎llegedly one of the emcees went on stage and鈥ave the option of people moving out and seeing the fireworks because the mall was going to do some fireworks outside so it is through this that a lot of people tried to rush out and many others were trying to have access鈥ree of charge and they collided.鈥�
(Picture: Shows fireworks to celebrate the new year at Miracle Centre Cathedral in Kampala, Uganda, on January 1, 2023. Credit: Badru Katumba / AFP via Getty Images.)
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