Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Crowds gathered to watch fireworks bring in the new year at Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium.  Security forces arrived to break up the crowd, triggering a panic.  Many people fell over during the frantic rush to vacate the premises and were trampled.  At least 60 are dead and about 49 have been injured. 

This is absurd, that civilized people can't just go to a location without invading one another's space and decide to leave an area, walking away calmly, as the crowd loos...

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