9 Suffocate to Death in Ugandan New Year Firework Stampede: Police

9 Suffocate to Death in Ugandan New Year Firework Stampede: Police
People cry and hold each other in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 1, 2023, following a New Year fireworks stampede, in a still from video. NTV via Reuters/Screenshot via NTD
Reuters
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At least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital, police said.

People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, the police said.