Cambodia Stampede

• Bridge sway set off Cambodian stampede: Probe

  A swaying bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked mass panic and set off a raging stampede that killed more than 350 people in Cambodia's capital.Bayon TV, which serves as a mouthpiece for the government, reported Wednesday an official committee set up to probe Monday's tragedy found many people on the bridge were from the countryside and un...

• Survivors of stampede in Cambodia recall panic

  Injured survivors lay on the floors of hospitals here Tuesday, and the dead were loaded into coffins after one of the worst stampedes in recent years killed at least 378 people at a holiday celebration.The cause of the stampede on Monday night during Cambodia's annual water festival was unclear, but most of the dead were suffocated or trampled or c...

• Survivors fill hospitals as Cambodia toll rises

  Injured survivors lay on the floors of hospitals in the city on Tuesday and the dead were loaded into coffins after one of the worst stampedes in recent years killed at least 378 people at a holiday celebration the previous night.The cause of the stampede during Cambodia's annual water festival was unclear, but most of the dead had suffocated or be...

• At least 378 die in stampede at Cambodian festival

  Rescuers trawled a muddy river on Tuesday for more bodies and Cambodia prepared for a day of mourning following a stampede by thousands of festival-goers which left at least 378 dead and hundreds of injured.The prime minister called it the country's biggest tragedy since the murderous 1970s reign of the Khmer Rouge.A panic-stricken crowd -- celebra...