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About 60 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stadium stampede

About 60 people were crushed to death in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan overnight after a New Year's Eve fireworks display, an emergency official and state radio said on Tuesday.

 

Stampede at Ivory Coast Stadium Kills 22, Injures 132

Ivory Coast's Minister of the Interior says 22 were killed and 132 were wounded at a stampede before a World Cup qualifying match in the capital's main stadium.

 

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