Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Iraq - Hundreds dead in stampede

At least 841 people have been killed and 323 injured, many of them women and children, after Shiite pilgrims stampeded while on a bridge near a mosque in northern Baghdad today. Witnesses said there was panic after screams there was a suicide bomber. [CNN]
[14:06 GMT 31/08/2005]

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