Royal Honorary Consulate General of Cambodia in Lowell, Massachusetts Holds Bangskol and Offers Prayers to Stampede victims on Koh Pich Bridge
Thursday, 25 November 2010 07:53 DAP-NEWS
Cambodia’s Official Causality Figure in Stampede
Thursday, 25 November 2010 03:31 DAP-NEWS
Cambodia gov't revises down death figure of stampede to 347
Thursday, 25 November 2010 02:37 Xinhua
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- The latest statement by the sub- committee for urgent settlement on the Diamond Island bridge accident Thursday morning revised the death toll figure of the major stampede to 347, a big drop from the previous 456.
The statement, signed by the chairman of the sub-committee Ith Samheng, who is also the minister of social affairs, said the previous figure of death toll was incorrect due to some overlap in the statistics.
This is a major amendment for the death toll figure of 456 provided by the same sub-committee Wednesday afternoon.
By 00:30 a.m. on Thursday, after verification, 347 were dead in the stampede, of which 126 men and 221 women, said the latest statement.
It also revised down the injury number from 755 to 395, saying the latter was based on the statistics by the hospitals.
Earlier the Bayon TV, owned by the daughter of the Prime Minister Hun Sen, reported 755 people had got injured in the stampede on Monday night, the final day of the Water Festival.
The tragedy occurred as thousands of people tried to flee a bridge connecting the mainland of Phnom Penh and the Diamond Island due to rumors of bridge collapsing.
8 Vietnamese killed, 8 injured in Phnom Penh stampede: Embassy
Wednesday, 24 November 2010 09:27 Xinhua
PHNEM PENH, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- An official from the Vietnamese Embassy to Cambodia confirmed on Wednesday that eight Vietnamese died and another eight were injured in the deadly stampede on Monday night, which claimed at least 375 lives and wounded more than 700.
Viet Long, the official of the Vietnamese Embassy, told Xinhua Wednesday morning that all the dead and injured Vietnamese were not tourists but residents living in Cambodia.
This is the first report of foreign victims since the tragedy, which occurred in the final day of the Water Festival when a overcrowded bridge, connecting the mainland of Phnom Penh to Diamond Island, saw a sudden panic of the pedestrians.
When the tightly packed crowd were trying to flee from the narrow bridge on around 09:30 p.m. local time Monday night, many were drowned, suffocated or were trampled to death.
The three-day Water Festival, the largest annual festival of the country, this year attracted over three million Cambodians, many from rural areas, converging to the capital city to enjoy the regatta.
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