Hijjah 17, 1431, SPA – Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital, leaving at least 349 dead and hundreds injured. A panic-stricken crowd — celebrating the end of the rainy season on an island in a river — tried to flee over a narrow bridge late Monday and many people were crushed underfoot or fell over its sides into the water. The government television station said 349 people had been killed and 500 injured. Authorities said there were no foreigners among the dead or injured, according to a report of the Associated Press.
