MONROVIA, Liberia — At least 29 people in Liberia, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, have died in a stampede of worshippers at a Christian ceremony in a densely populated area of the capital, Monrovia, officials said Thursday. The stampede erupted when a gang of thugs armed with knives
President George Weah was expected to visit the site of the tragedy which occurred in a suburb of the Liberian capital Monrovia. Police have warned the death toll may increase.
A stampede at a Christian prayer gathering in Liberia's capital Monrovia has killed at least 29 people, police said on Thursday, adding that the death toll may rise.
A stampede at a religious gathering in Liberia has left at least 29 people dead, many of them children. Witnesses say that gangsters, wielding knives and machetes, caused the incident when they attacked worshipers.
A stampede at a Christian prayer gathering in Liberia's capital Monrovia has killed at least 29 people, including 11 children and a pregnant woman, officials said on Thursday.
A stampede at a church gathering in Liberia's capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday.
