At Least 9 Dead, 6 Hospitalized After Stampede at Guatemala Concert

Paramedics and government officials stand at a scene following a stampede at a concert to commemorate the country's Independence Day that left people dead and injured, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, on Sept. 15, 2022. Stringer/Reuters

GUATEMALA CITY—At least nine people died in a stampede at a large rock concert in the western Guatemalan city of Quetzaltenango, emergency services said on Thursday.

Two 12-year-old children were among the dead, according to Maria del Carmen Sajquim, spokesperson for Guatemala’s Western Regional Hospital.