Nov 25, 2010
AFP
PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIANS hold a national day of mourning on Thursday after more than 450 people died in a festival stampede that officials believe was caused by rumours that an overcrowded bridge was collapsing.
Grieving relatives and government officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen, were expected to attend an early morning religious ceremony at the scene of the tragedy on Monday, the final day of the Water Festival.
Authorities said the throngs of revellers crossing to an island in Phnom Penh that was one of the main festival sites panicked as rumours rippled through the packed crowd that the bridge was about to give way.
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