Squeezed to death. by Milota Sidorova

It's hard to find words for explaining the situation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. No, it's even hard to find appropriate words to describe the massacer in the city. The most bizzare aspect of it is that it may be noone's fault. However, looking at several thousands of people running or walking, squeezed in such small area of the bridge over Tonle Bassac river envokes dangerous feelings. The situation twisted from joyful celebration of the last day of rain season into a bloodshed. Look at the people that fall into panic and all of a sudden they decide to leave the bridge. The human mass is flowing every direction and tears down everything standing in the way – including p! eople. At least 378 people died from crushing, drowning or serious wounds caused by electric lines of bridge lights. Until now, the reason of suddenly hystery is not known – what made people to leave the bridge from where they had to see the concert and popular boat race? Who is now to blame? There were a lot of children between victims of the crowd – they just tripped, tumbled and couldn't stand, the mass just ran over them. All that left was a pile of bodies – dead or half alive. According to witness the police and medical support arrived into the place after a long time. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen suggested the accident was the biggest tragedy since the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror leaving about 1.7 million people dead in the late 1970s. A national day of mourning has been scheduled on Thursday.

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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