Bye Bye damning evidence

Cambodian military police carry a body from a bridge in Phnom Penh after at least 330 people died in a stampede during the country's annual Water Festival.

A rescue team carries a body from a suspended bridge after a stampede. Millions were out on the streets of Phnom Penh to enjoy the final day of the three-day Water Festival.

A Cambodian military policeman examines a body near the bridge after a stampede killed hundreds during the country's annual Water Festival.

People reach for help among others who are unconscious near the bridge. A stampede killed hundreds on the final day of Cambodia's Water Festival.

Cambodian police officials examine the bridge where at least 330 people died in a stampede during the country's annual Water Festival.

Bye-bye cursed Cambodian stampede bridge

"Bad luck" bridge will be dismantled

December 28, 2011
Patrick Winn
Global Post

Cambodia's Diamond Bridge, where more than 350 died in a horrific 2010 stampede, is being torn down, according to the Phnom Penh Post.

The construction of two other nearby bridges, which lead to the same island, partly explains the bridge's early demise.

But an AFP report suggests its dismantling is explained, in part, by a widespread preception that the bridge is cursed.

Since the tragedy, the bridge has been used "only reluctantly by superstitious locals who thought it brought bad luck," according to the report.

Global Post's photo series on the tragedy is here.