Lagos, Dec 22, 2024 (AFP) - South Nigeria crowd stampede toll rises to 22: police

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2024-12-22

Nigeria raised the death toll from a stampede outside a centre handing out rice to citizens in the southern town of Okija to 22, police said on Sunday. A spokesman for the Anambra state police expressed "condolences to the families and friends" of those killed in Saturday's crowd crush, one of a spate of several such deadly incidents at institutions distributing food to strike Africa's most populous country. Police had initially said "many" were......

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