Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder and others performed at the North African Mawazine Music Festival in Morocco yesterday. On the last night of the week long celebration, 11 spectators, who were among a crowd of 70,000, were crushed to death when a metal stadium fence gave way after fans rushed to leave. Pictures [not of the stampede] and concert footage here.
Monday, May 25, 2009
11 Killed In Concert Stampede
Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder and others performed at the North African Mawazine Music Festival in Morocco yesterday. On the last night of the week long celebration, 11 spectators, who were among a crowd of 70,000, were crushed to death when a metal stadium fence gave way after fans rushed to leave. Pictures [not of the stampede] and concert footage here.
