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Guinea stampede death toll rises to 33

By AFP
Guinea Map showing Conakry in Guinea where 33 people died in a stampede on Tuesday.  By  AFP
JUL 30, 2014 LISTEN
Map showing Conakry in Guinea where 33 people died in a stampede on Tuesday. By (AFP)

Conakry (AFP) - At least 33 people, including 11 children, died in a stampede at a rap concert on a beach in the Guinean capital Conakry, police said on Wednesday, raising the overnight toll by nine.

Police said the victims were trampled underfoot on Rogbane beach, in a northern suburb, as thousands surged to the exits after popular rap group "Instinct Killers" headlined a show on Tuesday to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

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