Stampede at Ultra; Scores Dead

[ian_rex]

this just came in... no details yet

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=29056

apparently, it was the anniversary of the show 'Wowowee'...

[BlueBimmer]

ito pala yung naririnig kong maraming namatay sa wowowie or something...

[banaweonline]

wowowee nga...

[dieselNUBI]

meron news ngayon sa cha.2

grabe dami namatay karamihan matatandang babae. hindi siguro nakayanan makipag tulakan

[dieselNUBI]

its now 60 dead according to abscbn news patrol

[ian_rex]

as of 9:51 AM, 66 were dead and still counting...

[delprado]

Sixty-six people were killed and many more injured when a stampede broke out at a stadium in the Philippine capital, local radio quoted unnamed officials at the scene as saying.

Metro Manila authority executive director Lito Vergel De Dios said in a radio interview that a crowd had been gathering around the ULTRA stadium since Wednesday to get into the taping of a popular television variety show.

He was earlier quoted as saying 54 people had been killed.

Officials contacted by AFP said they were still trying to compile a total from all the hospitals in the area.

De Dios said someone in the crowd was believed to have shouted "bomb," sparking a panic that caused people to trample one another.

Dead bodies, most of them women, were taken out of the stadium on stretchers and laid down on a dirty street, covered with newspapers, plastic bags and discarded cloth.

A little boy was seen crying over the body of his mother, trying to awaken her.

Thousands of people were still streaming through the area after the incident, milling around dead bodies and blocking the entry of ambulances.

Discarded shoes and slippers along with broken bottles and food were scattered all around the stadium.

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66 na yong namatay ayon sa huling ulat na nabasa ko sa yahoo.com .

Nagtataka lang ako, di pa na-p-post sa inq7.net yong balita?...

iniisip ko "exclusive" lang yong balita sa abs-cbn.

[BlueBimmer]

66. grabe..

[qman]

66 dami non kwawa naman

[EL Chicane]

Huge prizes + desperate crowd + confined spaces = STAMPEDE

The writings are on the walls.