A total of 60 people, mostly women and children, were killed around one in the morning, when a stampede occurred on New Year's Day in Ivory Coast. The president, Alassane Ouattara, has declared three days of "national mourning" and promises an investigation on the stampede. Ouattara went to the scene and ordered the government to assist those in need. 26 children, 28 women, and 6 men were among the dead. 49 others were injured. The people who were injured and killed were either trampled or suffocated by the crowd. The stampede happened in an area of mostly narrow streets when hundreds of people tried to make their way to their homes after Plateau's fireworks display.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/01/world/africa/ivory-coast-deaths/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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