Stampede after fireworks kills 61 in Ivory Coast
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- A crowd stampeded after leaving a New Year's fireworks show early Tuesday in Ivory Coast's commercial center, killing 61 people -- many of them youths -- and injuring more than 200, rescue workers said.
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