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Stampede causes 35 dead in New Year celebration (7)

(Xinhua)    09:05, January 01, 2015
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Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2015 shows the scene of a stampede that caused casualties among people who took part in new year celebrations in east China's Shanghai. New Year celebrations in Shanghai's bund area went astray Wednesday night as a stampede resulted in 35 people dead and 42 injured. A witness said that some coupons that looked like "dollar bill" were thrown from a building's third-floor window near the Bund and people standing along the river bank started to scramble for these coupons. The city has set up a working team for rescue operations and to deal with the aftermath. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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(Editor:Huang Jin,Bianji)

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