Abuja, Nigeria
CNN
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More than 30 folks had been killed and others injured when a stampede broke out at a church occasion within the southeastern Nigerian metropolis of Port Harcourt on Saturday, based on police and safety officers.
Most of the casualties had been kids.
The incident happened at an area polo membership, the place the close by Kings Assembly Church had organized a present donation drive, based on Olufemi Ayodele, a regional spokesman for Nigeria’s Civil Defense Corps.
“During the process of distributing the gift items, there was a stampede due to overcrowding,” he mentioned. “Casualties were children mostly.”
The drive had not but began when the stampede happened, mentioned Grace Woyengikuro Iringe-Koko, a spokeswoman for the state police. Woyengikuro Iringe-Koko mentioned the gang pressured their method into the venue, even though the gate was closed, ensuing within the lethal cost.
Thirty-one folks have been confirmed useless, Woyengikuro Iringe-Koko mentioned. Seven injured folks had been hospitalized after the incident, she added.