Egypt postpones all soccer matches following Cairo deaths

A soccer fan is seen near a police car, which was set on fire by fireworks, during clashes between in front of a stadium on the outskirts of Cairo

A soccer fan is seen near a police car, which was set on fire by fireworks, during clashes between soccer fans and security forces in front of a stadium on the outskirts of Cairo February 8, 2015. Twenty-two people were killed in clashes outside a Cairo football stadium on Sunday, the public prosecutor’s office said. Witnesses said people had been crushed in a stampede when police used teargas to break up a crowd trying to enter the stadium from which they were barred. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper

Continue reading

Six killed in primary school stampede in southwest China

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-STAMPEDE-ACCIDENT (CN)

A medical worker escorts a child at Mingtong Primary School in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Sept. 26, 2014. Six were killed in a stampede Friday, which happened at about 2 p.m., at the school, 22 were injured. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

KUNMING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) — Six were killed in a stampede Friday in a primary school in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, confirmed local authorities.