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Michael Fitzpatrick

Children among at least ten dead in Uganda New Year crowd crush

People were watching a fireworks display when the deadly stampede took place in front of the Freedom City shopping Mall, Kampala, Uganda, 31 December, 2022. AFP - BADRU KATUMBA

At least ten people died, most aged between 10 and 20, in a shopping mall crush as revellers rang in the New Year in Uganda's capital, Kampala, according to local police.

After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, "a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others," national police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire said.

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