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A mother cries by the body of her child, who was crushed to death in a stampede ahead of a MBC pop music show, at a hospital in Sangju, North Gyeongsang Province on Monday./Yonhap
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Some 11 were crushed to death and 30 others injured when a stampede broke out among visitors trying to enter the Sangju Citizen's Sports Arena for an MBC pop music show on Monday evening. Children and the elderly bore the brunt of the injuries.
Witnesses said thousands rushed to enter the venue when the gates opened, with people at the front of the queue being trampled underfoot by the impatient press of bodies behind them. ˇ°They were pinned down and trampled on; it was terrible,ˇ± a witness said.
Reports from the scene said more than 10,000 people gathered to attend the show, with some 5,000 people thronging the gate where the stampede happened. The show was scheduled to start at 7 p.m. as part of the third Sangju Bicycle Festival, which opened last Saturday.
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The scene on Monday night at the gate to the Sangju Citizen's Sports Arena, where 11 were crushed to death and 30 others injured in a stampede ahead of a MBC pop music show./Provided by KBS
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The injured were taken to hospitals in Sangju City, North Gyeongsang Province. Police are questioning witnesses in an attempt to make sense of the disaster.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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