Associated Press
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian police say the death toll from stampedes during two Christmas charity events has increased from 13 to 32. Many of the victims collapsed during a crowd surge as people grew desperate for food items. The dead included 22 people in southeastern Anambra state’s Okija town, where a philanthropist on Saturday organized a food distribution. Ten others were confirmed dead in similar circumstances in capital Abuja. It is the third such stampede at a charity event in Nigeria in the last week as the country struggles with its worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
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