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PHILLIPINES: STADIUM CHAOS KILLS 70 February 4, 2006
Kizza Harajah
(SomaliNet) About 73 people have died and 500 others were injured as people lined up at a stadium in Phillipine's capital, Manilla to watch a Television show.
"About 30,000 people were waiting to get inside the Philsports Arena for the show "Wowowee" when the stampede occurred," said Vicente Eusebio, the mayor of the town.
There was to be a raffle draw where the lucky winner would walk home with a huge amount of money, narrated a survivor.
"The raffle tickets can be obtained at the gate so everyone was in a hurry. There was pushing and people in front of the gate were crushed. People at the back of the line were pushing, not knowing there were already people dead lying on the ground in front." narrated another one.