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发帖数: 29846 | 1 35 killed, 42 injured in Shanghai stampede
December 31, 2014 - 7:05 PM
Associated Press
SHANGHAI (AP) — Thirty-five people died in a stampede during New Year's
celebrations in downtown Shanghai, city officials said — the worst disaster
to hit one of China's showcase cities in recent years.
A Shanghai government statement said another 42 people were injured amid the
chaos about a half-hour before midnight.
The deaths and injuries occurred at Shanghai's popular riverfront Bund area,
which can be jammed with spectators for major events.
CCTV America, the U.S. version of state broadcaster China Central Television
, posted video of Shanghai streets after the stampede, showing piles of
discarded shoes amid the debris.
One photo from the scene shared by China's state-run Xinhua News Agency
showed at least one person doing chest compressions on a shirtless man while
several other people lay on the ground nearby, amid debris. Another photo
showed the area ringed by police.
The cause of the stampede remained under investigation, a brief Xinhua
report said.
Last week, the English-language Shanghai Daily reported that the annual New
Year's Eve countdown on the Bund that normally attracts about 300,000 people
had been cancelled, apparently because of crowd control issues. The report
said a "toned-down" version of the event would be held instead but that it
would not be open to the public.
The stampede appeared to be near that area.
"Some people have fallen," Shanghai police soon warned on Weibo, a Twitter-
like service, and they urged people to obey police and leave the scene
without pushing.
The Shanghai city government released photos online showing the mayor
hurrying into a local hospital to visit victims.
Meanwhile, Xinhua's top story on its website was not the stampede but
President Xi Jinping's New Year's message. Xinhua's story in Chinese
remained just two paragraphs long hours after the disaster.
Shanghai's historic Bund riverfront runs along an area of narrow streets
amid restored old buildings, shops and tourist attractions. The China Daily
newspaper in February reported that the city's population was more than 24
million at the end of 2013. |
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