The police say 35 children have been killed in a crush at a Christmas funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan
The police say 35 children have been killed in a crush at a Christmas funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan, with six others hospitalised.
The organisers had promised to give cash handouts and food but so many people turned up that there was a crush as they struggled to gain entry.
Residents said that more than 5,000 children had gathered at the venue and the crush occurred when the main organisers arrived to start the event.
The sequence of events leading to the crush has not been disclosed.
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