horrific

Iraq stampede kills 'up to 1,000'
As many as 1,000 people may have died in a stampede of Shia pilgrims in northern Baghdad, Iraqi health officials have said.

The incident happened on a river bridge as about a million Shias marched to a shrine for a religious festival.

Witnesses said panic spread over rumours of suicide bombers.
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Earlier, mortar rounds had been fired into the crowd, killing at least seven people.

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So awful.