Mosque stampede in China kills 14
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BEIJING: Fourteen people have died after a stampede at a mosque in northern China, a state news agency said Monday.
The incident occurred Sunday afternoon at the mosque in Guyuan, a city in the Ningxia region, the Xinhua News Agency said.
People at the mosque were handing out traditional cakes during an event to commemorate a religious figure.
Another 10 people were hospitalised, four of them in critical condition, Xinhua said.
Ningxia is the home of China's Muslim Hui ethnic minority.
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Jan 08, 2014 02:58pm
feel shocked. offer heart-felt condolence for the innocent departed souls, may God help recover the health of the injured ones.
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