Sunday, May 24, 2009

In the stampede at a music festival in Morocco killed 11 people.

At least 11 people were killed and 40 wounded in stampede at a music festival Mawazine in the capital, Rabat, Morocco, reports BBC News.
The evening of May 23, the final day of activities at the local stadium Hay Nahda gathered about 70 thousand people to watch the presentation of Moroccan singer Abdelaziz Stati (Abdelaziz Stati). According to police, the crowd started after a wire fence collapsed and the people rushed towards the scene.
Among those killed five women, four men and two children. According to AFP, the majority of people on Sunday morning have been released from the hospital, but seven still remain under the supervision of doctors.
Festival Mawazine, founded in 2001, is considered one of the most important cultural events of the African country. This year, at the opening of the festival on 15 May made a popular Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Furthermore, in the event with a concert by Steve Uander, Alish Kish, Ennio Morricone, Khaled, Emir Kusturica and No Smoking Orchestra, El Di Meola and many others.

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