Water Festival tragedy in Cambodia
Posted: Tue 23 Nov, 2010 5:23 PM
More than 300-people have been reported dead in a stampede on Koh Pich island in Cambodia. The tragedy occurred on Monday - the last day of the Water Festival celebrations. Several more are said to be injured.
The stampede took place on an overcrowded bridge, according to a report in eTurboNews. Prime Minister Hun Sen has described the incident as the biggest tragedy since the Khmer Rouge regime mass killings of the seventies.
Thursday has been declared as a national day of mourning in Cambodia.
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