About 60 people were crushed to death in a stampede outside a stadium in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan after a New Year's Eve fireworks display.
The incident took place near Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium, where a crowd had gathered to watch fireworks, emergency officials said.
One of the injured said security forces had arrived to break up the crowd, triggering a panic in which many people fell over and were trampled.
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