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02 Oct Tanzania disco stampede claims 19 lives
NINETEEN teenagers died during a stampede at a disco in central Tanzania on Wednesday night, according to the police.
Those who died were said to be aged between 12 and 17. Eyewitnesses said the stampede in the Tabora region, about 750km (470 miles) north-west of the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, was caused by a commotion in the disco.
The event was organised as part of the Eid al-Fitr festivities that mark the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.
In an interview with Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation, Tabora regional police commander Daudi Siasi said: "According to preliminary investigations, the 19 died of stampede and suffocation in the disco hall.”
Siasi several people were being treated for injuries in hospital, and that a police investigation has been launched.
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