{"id":35584,"date":"2014-07-30T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T08:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=35584"},"modified":"2014-07-30T08:46:29","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T08:46:29","slug":"guinea-concert-stampede-kills-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/guinea-concert-stampede-kills-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea concert stampede kills 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 24 people have died in a stampede at a beach concert in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n
The president’s office has declared a week of national mourning after what it called a “tragic drama” at a concert by the Guinean rap group Instinct Killers.<\/p>\n
Dozens of people were injured, said police sources quoted by AFP.<\/p>\n
The concert took place on Tuesday evening on a beach in Ratoma, a northern suburb of Conakry.<\/p>\n
The authorities were “shocked by the tragic drama caused by mass movements at a cultural event,” said a statement from the president’s office.<\/p>\n
Hospital sources said there were 13 girls among the dead.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least 24 people have died in a stampede at a beach concert in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The president’s office has declared a week of national mourning after what it called a “tragic drama” at a concert by the Guinean rap group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":35586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1273,14],"yoast_head":"\n