Six killed, dozens injured in stampede at packed Italy nightclub

[TomSea]

Six killed, dozens injured in stampede at packed Italy nightclub
Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - Six people, including five young teenagers, were crushed to death in the early hours of Saturday following a stampede at a packed nightclub near Ancona on Italy’s Adriatic coast, officials said.

The deaths occurred when a walkway leading out of the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in the town of Corinaldo collapsed, causing dozens of people to fall into a trench below.

Three girls, two boys and a mother who had accompanied her child to the event died in the crush. Police said the teenagers were aged between 14 and 16, while the dead woman was 39.

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If one reads on, a hooded man was spraying someething like pepper spray or tear gas around which caused the initial commotion.

[Gefn]

Oh gosh. Kids. Prayers for their parents. Tragic.