At least nine people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda’s capital, police said yesterday. After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, “a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others,” national […]
At least nine people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda’s capital, police said yesterday. After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, “a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others,” national…
After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, “a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others,” national police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said.“Emergency responders arrived on the scene and transported the injured individuals to the hospital, where nine were confirmed dead,” Owoyesigyire said.
“Most of the dead were juveniles, ages 10, 11 14 and 20,” Kampala police spokesman Patrick Onyango told AFP. One of the survivors, businesswoman, Sylvia Nakalema, said: the stampede started “when we went to view the fireworks on the platform and while returning downstairs.
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