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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has apologised for a stampede at the water festival in Phnom Penh that killed at least 378 people.
Cambodia has planned a national day of mourning after the deadly crowd stampede.
On the bridge where the stampede happened police are gathering evidence among the discarded shoes and clothing left behind by those killed and injured.
The bridge leads to an island where revellers where heading for shopping and concerts on the last night of the famous annual water festival.
The bridge became a deadly crush when the crowd panicked, suffocating and crushing many.
Others drowned in the river.
Most of the dead are young women and teenagers who were out for a night of fun that turned to tragedy.
Prime Minister Hun Sen says this is Cambodia's worst tragedy since the brutal days of the Khmer Rouge.
There are conflicting witness accounts about what caused a stampede on a bridge in Cambodia that left at least 378 people dead.
A Government spokesman says the death toll may still rise and an investigation will look into what sparked the panic during the annual Water Festival celebrations.
Some witnesses have told local media a group of young men were trying to molest girls on the bridge, while others say a fight broke out.
The Phnom Penh Post's Chief of Staff, Sam Rith has told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific Program police made the situation worse by spraying water over people who collapsed on a bridge not realising they'd suffered electric shocks.
"The police, in order to help the unconscious people to awake, so they need to throw the water over the crowd," he said.
"The victim said that this didn't help them but it makes them more serious."
9 comments:
Liar....
អាឆ្កែកញ្ជះយួនបីក្បាល ហ៊ុន សែន, ហេងសំ រិន, ជាស៊ីម
បើគ្មានសមត្តភាពទេ ល្មមចុះចេញទុកឱ្យ លោកសម រង្ស៊ី
ធ្វើម្ដងហើយ។
right, HUN SEN, HANG SAMRIN, CHEA SIM MUST STEP DOWN NOW!
ខ្មោចរកមឹនទាន់ឃើញអស់ផង ហ៊ុនសែនវៃតម្លៃអោយស្រេច។
១ក្បាលប៉ុន្មាន?។រកថ្ងៃកាន់ទុក្ខ
ខ្លាចអត់មានថ្ងៃល្អ។វាមឹនរកមូលហេតុ
ឲ្យឃើញសិនទេ តែវារកថ្ងៃបញ្ចប់តែម្តង។
តើហ៊ុនសែនសមជាអ្នកជាមេដឹកនាំឫទេ?
He don't how do deal with crisis situation.He know how to kill only.
Most of the dead are youn women...
Fuck you KI dogs, he did, okey?
Blame the Tourist Minister, also Khmer people never learn....look at how we drive in Phnom Penh. Must obey the laws and safety. Police need to be fire or retraining.
You right about the driving part. I have drive thru that bridge last yrs and it alway someone dont know how to drive, car came across to my side of the lane. Why? There is no laws in Khmer.
November 23, 2010
Open MESSAGE:
Relating to this unpredictable tragedy at the last day of Water Festival this year, I recall that one day, King Father recommended turning Tuol Sleng into the prayer place for the death of those people for national reconciliation and especially for the spirit of those deaths.
King Father‘s suggestion was turned down. The RGC should seriously reconsider King Father’s recommendation. It is not too late to turn TUOL SLENG into a peaceful memory rather than to a memory of vengeance or anger. Turn down all relating banners. Burn up all relating books. Otherwise it will be happened by another unexpected and the worst tragedy.
The spirits of all Patriotic Kings including King Cheywarreman VII, and millions of patriotic Khmers such as Lok Ta Kheang Moeung, Preah Neang Chek Preah Neang Cham, Krala Hom Kong, Oknha SON KUY, Preah Ang Dang Kal, ect.. have been everywhere inside the territory of Khmer Empire (from KKK to…….)
They see all of us; but we don’t see them. You believe it or not are up to the individual Khmer including the leaders of every departments, congress, and Senate of the Royal Government of Cambodia.
Be faithful to all Khmers of all walk of lives!
Your Majesty Samdech Ta former King Norodom Sihanouk,
Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen,
Thank you for your both kindness and understanding.
What we need is prevention methods, not to let this type of accident happen again in the future.
It also makes me very worried to see so much alcohol allowed to enter or be produced in our beloved Kingdom of Cambodia? What about “ YA BA “ and other types of DRUGS from Thailand and Vietnam?
Can His Majesty Samdech Ta and Samdech Hun Sen stop all sorts of drugs coming to Cambodia? The accident may not be related to drugs and alcohol but just some thing that I could not sleep peacefully from now on to the future, in the names sake of true Khmer citizen.
Can Samdech Hun Sen kindly ask all 5 million Vietnamese illegal immigrants to peacefully return to Vietnam, so Koh Pich will not be too crowded more and more every day, every month and every year to come.
All Vietnamese illegal immigrants can easily come in and settle inside Cambodia even though they already have their own country Vietnam.
When Cambodia is too crowded, definitely we Khmer people can not go to settle inside Vietnam, can we?
Please Vietnamese, you said you came to rescue us from Pol Pot, and you don’t want to return home, it is not right according to 23rd October 1991 Paris Peace Agreement, can all of you go back to your country now.
Vietnamese illegal immigrants, you see because 5 million of you are inside Cambodia, it makes us too crowded and we wasted our lives at Koh Pich without good reasons.
Your Vietnamese Communism expansionist mind in Cambodia, is to give an excuse to China mainland to occupy your Spratly Islands, Parcel Islands, the whole of your Eastern sea border and perhaps the Northern border sooner or later.
5 million Vietnamese illegal immigrants in Cambodia, please go back home to defend your country from Chinese mighty economic invasion.
May I pray to God and the Lord Jesus Christ that those who have lost loved one will be comforted.
My condolences to all the victim's family.
Regards,
Kulen Monorom
(The rice farmer's son)
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