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RandySF

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Thu Jan 1, 2015, 12:30 AM Jan 2015

I knew it! Shanghai stampede was over money.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A stampede killed at least 35 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous Bund waterfront district.

The Shanghai government said large crowds started to stampede in Chen Yi Square on the Bund just before midnight, with authorities working to rescue and aid the wounded.

The trigger for the stampede has still to be confirmed, but state media and witnesses said the incident was at least partly caused when people tried picking up fake money.

A man who brought one of the 48 injured to a local hospital for treatment said fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as part of the New Year's Eve celebrations. People rushed to pick up the money, triggering the stampede, said the man, who gave his family name as Wu.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2015/01/01/At-least-35-dead-42-injured-in-Shanghai-New-Years-stampede/

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I knew it! Shanghai stampede was over money. (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2015 OP
Humans can really suck. nt Bonobo Jan 2015 #1
and fake money at that. NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #2
wonder if anything will happen to those who dropped the fake money JI7 Jan 2015 #3
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