The Asian Age

Egypt academy stampede kills 9

- — AFP

Nine people were killed on Tuesday in a stampede outside a military academy in Egypt by relatives seeking to visit cadets, the Army said in a statement. The military released a statement expressing its condolence­s over the accident, adding that the relatives had crowded around the gates of the complex in Ismailia, northeast of Cairo, in violation of regulation­s for visitors. Another five people were hurt and taken to hospital for treatment. “The Armed Forces sends its condolence­s to the families and relatives of the victims,” the statement said.

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