At least 339 people have died in a stampede at Phnom Penh's annual Water Festival celebrations, Cambodia's prime minister has said.
Thousands of Cambodians were on the streets to mark the end of the festival when the crowd rushed onto a bridge, an official told AFP news agency.
Up to two million people had been expected to attend the festival's close, where the main attraction is a traditional boat race along the Tonle Sap river.
The panic had started on Koh Pich - Diamond Island, a long spit of land in the river where a concert was being held.
Prime Minister Hun Sen made several live television broadcasts after midnight, giving a preliminary death toll of 181 that he later increased to 190 and then to 339.
The website of the newspaper Kampuchea Thmey had already quoted General Sao Sokha, chief of the military police, as saying the death toll could be close to 300, according to information from four hospitals to which bodies were taken.
A drink seller at the concert, So Cheata, told reporters that 10 people had fallen unconscious as the crowd surged, setting off a panic that became a stampede.
According to witnesses, the panic was made worse as the crowd rushed to cross the bridge and people fell into the water.
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we viet nam believe Hun Sen- CPP and the last is the KING Sihanomi did a good job and a good leaders. they are working hand in hand. They are a good leaders and good followers to our instructions.
Also thanks to all our vietnamese brothers and sisters who sacrify their family to work in all level of officials in cambodia to keep it part of viet nam.
we also want to thank His Excellency Dr. Phay Siphan, SOK Siphana and SARIN DENORA for their lips services and manipulation of international communities to support us..
Long live Viet Nam
^ You fucking shit are not a real vietnamese but a fucken vietnamese's dog including your ancestors. Go kill yourself!
Your Royal Highness Samdech Ta,
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen,
Thank you for your both kindness and understanding.
What we need is prevention method, not to let this type of accident happen again in future.
It also make me very worry to see so much alcohol allowed to enter or produced in our beloved Kingdom of Cambodia? What about “ YA BA “ from Thailand? Can Samdech Ta and Samdech Hun Sen stop all sort of drugs coming to Cambodia? The accident may not related to drugs and alcohol but just some thing that I could not sleep peacefully from now to the future in the name sake of Khmer citizen.
May almighty God Jesus Christ accept all the victim souls into heaven too.
My condolences to all the victim's family.
Regards,
Kulen Monorom
(The rice farmer's son)
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