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Ten dead in Angola New Year stampede

By 윤민식

Published : Jan. 2, 2013 - 09:49

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A soldier stands guard at the scene of a stampede in Abidjan, on January 1, 2013. By Herve Sevi (AFP) A soldier stands guard at the scene of a stampede in Abidjan, on January 1, 2013. By Herve Sevi (AFP)




Ten people, including four children, died and 120 were hurt in a stampede at an evangelical vigil in the Angolan capital Luanda on New Year's Eve, Angolan news agency Angop reported.

It quoted civil protection spokesman Faustino Sebastiao as saying the victims were crushed by the crowd and asphyxiated at the entrance to the Cidadela Desportiva stadium after only two of the four gates had been opened.

Twelve of the injured were still in hospital on Tuesday.

"We were expecting 70,000 people but far more turned up," Ferner Batalha, a bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, was quoted as saying.

He said the pentecostalist church had told the authorities about the event and requested that Red Cross workers attend.

Lina Ali, director of clinical services at Americo Boavida hospital, confirmed that the victims had died of asphyxiation, saying 70 people had been hospitalised.

The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God was founded in Brazil in 1977. (AFP)



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새해맞이 예배서 참극, 130명 사상!


앙골라 수도 루안다에서 지난달 31일 (현지시간) 열린 새해맞이 철야기도에 많은 인파가 몰려 10명이 압사하고 120명이 다치는 참사가 일어났다고 앙골라 관영통신인 앙곱이 보도했다.

루안다 시 측이 밝힌 바에 따르면, 주최측의 예상보다 훨씬 많은 참가자들이 몰린 가운데 출입구 네 개중 두 개가 열리자 사람들이 일제히 입장하는 바람에 이와 같은 사고가 일어났다고 한다.

이 사고로 어린이 네 명을 포함한 열명이 압사하거나 질식사하고, 부상자 중 12명은 아직도 치료를 받고 있다고 한다.

오순절 교회인 하느님의 나라(Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) 주교 페러너 바탈라 주교는 “당초에 7만명이 참석할 것으로 예상했으나, 훨씬 많은 사람들이 왔다”고 밝혔다.

1977년 브라질에서 생긴 오순절 교회인 IURD는 전 세계에 8백만 명의 신도가 있는 것으로 알려졌다.