Thursday, 25 November 2010

Cambodia stampede death toll at 456

via CAAI

Nov 24, 2010 18:57 Moscow Time

Flowers and offerings at a bridge where a stampede took place to pray for victims who died during the stampede on the last day of the Water Festival, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 24 November 2010. Photo: EPA

The number of victims in the Water Festival stampede that occurred on the night of November 22 in Phnom Penh has risen to 456 people.

This is official information from a dedicated government commission.

According to preliminary reports, peculiarities in the construction of a bridge over the Mekong River, which caused it to rock, led to the panic and ensuing stampede.

Thursday has been declared a day of mourning in Cambodia.

Victims’ families will receive government compensation.

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