At least nine dead, 6 hospitalized after stampede at Guatemala concert
Paramedics and government officials stand next a body covered at a scene following a stampede at a concert to commemorate the country's Independence Day that left people dead and injured, in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
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At least nine people
died in a stampede at a large rock concert in the western Guatemalan city of
Quetzaltenango, emergency services said on Thursday.
Two 12-year-old
children were among the dead, according to Maria del Carmen Sajquim,
spokesperson for Guatemala's Western Regional Hospital.
Six people were
injured, she added.
The injured people
were transferred to the hospital and were believed to have suffered fractures,
local firefighters said earlier on Twitter.
Witnesses at the scene
said the venue for the event only had two exit doors.
First aid workers were helping injured people and ambulances were at the scene, images from Guatemala's Red Cross showed on Twitter.
Local media described the concert as
an annual event marking independence day in the Central American country.
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