Police say a stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria has left 31 people dead and seven injured
Highlights
- Police say stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria has left 31 people dead and seven injured.
- One witness said the dead included a pregnant woman and “many children” Police said the stampede took place at an annual “Shop for Free” program organized by the Kings Assembly Pentecostal church in Rivers state.
- Such events are common in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, where more than 80 million people live in poverty.
- The event was suspended while authorities investigated how the stampedes occurred while authorities investigate how it came to an overcrowded church gathering in 2013, according to government statistics.
- The stampede occurred at the event.