New Year's Day celebrations took a deadly turn early today in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, when a stampede following a fireworks show killed dozens of people.
At least 60 people were killed after the two-hour fireworks display that started around 2 a.m. turned into a panicked stampede near the 65,000-capacity Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Ivory Coast's commercial centre, according to reports.
Reports vary on the number of people injured, but it's said to range between 200 and 250.
BBC says the cause of the stampede wasn't clear, but it happened as people were heading home from the fireworks event.
The Associated Press puts the death toll at 61.
Many of the victims are children, and the death toll is expected to rise, the BBC says, adding that relatives have gone to the site of the stampede to get news of missing loved ones.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara visited the scene of the stampede early Tuesday.
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