At least 52 dead in Ethiopia after stampede at Oromo holy festival

Bystanders work to remove an injured man from a ditch.
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People help a man wash his eyes after police used teargas on festival participants.
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People help a man wash his eyes after police used teargas on festival participants.
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A man covers the bodies of festival goers who were killed in the stampede.
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A man covers the bodies of festival goers who were killed in the stampede.
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Oromo regional police officers wait in a pickup near a crowd of festival attendees.
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Oromo regional police officers wait in a pickup near a crowd of festival attendees.
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Festival goers flee as police fire teargas into the crowd in Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, October 2. At least 52 people died during the stampede that followed. An estimated two million people had gathered at a sacred lake to take part in the Irreecha ceremony to mark the Oromo New Year.
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Festival goers flee as police fire teargas into the crowd in Bishoftu, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday, October 2. At least 52 people died during the stampede that followed. An estimated two million people had gathered at a sacred lake to take part in the Irreecha ceremony to mark the Oromo New Year.