“The Red Cross Guatemalan with the Volunteer firemen stabilized more than 20 injured people and nine died at the scene” after a “human stampede” in a “massive event” in the city of Quetzaltenangoabout 200 km west of Guatemala cityindicated on Twitter the relief entity.
According to local press reports, the victims were crushed to death at the time thousands of people tried to leave the area after a concert.
The mishap occurred on an open-air esplanade during the “Xelafer“, a traditional event in Quetzaltenango for the national holidays.
Guatemala resumed the massive festivities to celebrate the Independence Day that made it a free and independent country from Spain on September 15, 1821, after two years of the suspension of these massive events due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Source: Ambito
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