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Stampede at Mali Stadium Kills 36

   VOA News  February 22, 2011
   Relatives  of victims injured or killed in a stadium stampede wait for
   news outside Gabriel Toure Hospital in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, Feb. 22,
   2011

Photo: AP

   Relatives  of victims injured or killed in a stadium stampede wait for
   news outside Gabriel Toure Hospital in Bamako, Mali, Tuesday, Feb. 22,
   2011

   Officials  in  Mali  say a stampede during a religious ceremony in the
   capital has killed 36 people, most of them women.
   Thousands  of  people  had  gathered at Modibo Keita stadium in Bamako
   late  Monday for the Muslim festival of Maouloud, marking the birth of
   the prophet Muhammed.
   Witnesses  say a well-known imam, Osman Madani Haidara, was delivering
   his  blessings  when the crowd of people surged toward him.  At least
   64 people were injured in the incident.
   Last year, 26 people died during a stampede while celebrating the same
   holiday at a mosque in the city of Timbuktu.

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