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Shanghai New Year Tragedy

Donkey Oaty · 2015-01-01 00:41:56

A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report. (via BBC) Terrible stuff. It's early days, and I'm sure they were just trying to avoid spreading further panic, but that is surely an early contender for the understatement of the year.

01-01-2015 12:41am

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A crush at New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report. (via BBC)

Terrible stuff.

Earlier, Shanghai's police department wrote on its verified social media account that some "tourists" had "fallen over" at The Bund, and urged people to leave the area in an orderly fashion.

It's early days, and I'm sure they were just trying to avoid spreading further panic, but that is surely an early contender for the understatement of the year.

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#2 01-01-2015 12:44am

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Only 40 minutes in. I was hoping we'd have a few days before the latest tragedy

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#3 01-01-2015 12:50am

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FFS

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#4 01-01-2015 3:05am

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Were there any children killed?

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#5 01-01-2015 5:07am

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Supposedly there was fake money thrown from a nightclub balcony that lead to the stampede.

Please let this story to be false, imagine 35 people losing their life to some sort of prank.

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