Ramadan stampede kills Indonesians
At least 21 people have been crushed to death in eastern Indonesia after a charity event by a wealthy family turned into a stampede, officials have said.Police said 11 people were injured, several of them in critical condition, following the incident on Monday in the town of Pasuruan in East Java, some 800km east of the capital.Harry Sitompul, the local police chief, said panic broke out among the crowd of several thousand who packed a narrow sidestreet waiting for a cash gift of Rp40,000 ($4.25) from the wealthy family. Al Jazeera...
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