Shanghai New Year crush 'kills 35'

[Bosonic]

Source: BBC

A crush at a New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report.

The crush broke out in Chenyi Square in Shanghai's Huangpu district, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Shanghai City government said the crush broke out at 23:35 local time (15:35 GMT) and that a working group had been set up to handle the incident.

The cause of the crush was currently under investigation, it added.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-30646918

[George II]

1. Not your headline, but what's up all of a sudden around here with numbers in "quotes"?

The same thing was done in a headline earlier today:

Philippines storm death toll 'kills 53'

Never saw anything like this before today. Bizarre - do the reporters not believe the numbers?

[FiveGoodMen]

2. What's with the quotes?

Does the headline writer not really believe it?

[Helen Borg]

3. Oh wow, the BBC used those quotes...

Perhaps they don't trust the source? But the quotes are not used for the same words in the article... Odd.

[chowder66]

4. How awful. My heart goes out

to the families and friends who lost loved ones.

[Jesus Malverde]

5. wow thats terrible...

[Eugene]

6. New Year's Eve stampede kills 35 in Shanghai after fake money thrown from building

Source: Reuters

New Year's Eve stampede kills 35 in Shanghai after fake money thrown from building

BY ADAM JOURDAN
SHANGHAI Wed Dec 31, 2014 7:34pm EST

(Reuters) - A stampede killed at least 35 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famed Bund waterfront district.

The Shanghai government said that large crowds started to stampede in Chen Yi Square on the Bund just before midnight, with authorities working to rescue and aid the wounded.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the stampede, but state media and a witness said the incident was caused when people tried picking up fake money thrown from a building.

A man who brought one of the 43 injured to a local hospital for treatment said fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as a New Year's celebration. People rushed to pick up the money, triggering the stampede, said the man, who declined to be identified.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/01/us-china-stampede-idUSKBN0K916W20150101

[Earth_First]

7. What a jackass thing to do...

If this is determined to be the cause based on the investigation...I hope these 'pranksters' are charged.

How unbelievably tragic.