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A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.

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2014 Shanghai stampede

Deadly crush of people at a new year celebration

On 31 December 2014, a deadly crush occurred in Shanghai, near Chen Yi Square on the Bund, where around 300,000 people had gathered for the new year celebration. Thirty-six people were killed and another 49 were injured, and in those 49 injured, 13 were injured seriously.
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Shanghai

Municipality and largest city in China

Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the second largest…
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