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Liberia declares three days of mourning after stampede kills 29 people

Martha Tarpeh, 48, has not been able to see her husband and two children following the stampede in Liberia that killed 29. Doctors are not allowing access to the morgue. © RFI/Darlington Porkpa

At least 29 people, including 11 children, have died following a stampede during a Christian crusade in the densely populated New Kru Town, a suburb of the capital Monrovia.

The crusade was organised on the D. Tweah sports pitch by renowned prophetic preacher Pastor Abraham Kromah of the Word of Life Outreach Ministries, a Church he built and oversees as its pastor.

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