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Tuesday 23 November 2010

More than 339 die in Cambodian stampede

Competitors and spectators watching the boat race during the Cambodian Water Festival where 339 people had just been killed by drowning and stampede.

At least 339 people have been killed in a stampede during festival celebrations in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, Prime Minister Hun Sen has said.

Huge crowds had gathered on a small island for the Water Festival, one of the main events in the Cambodian year.

The stampede took place on a bridge. An eyewitness told AP news agency the trouble began when 10 people fell unconscious in the crowd.

The BBC's Mike Woodridge says it is a "tragedy on a rapidly growing scale".

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