Cambodia Water Festival Tragedy

Hundreds of people are believed dead following a stampede at a festival in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

The celebrations turned to tragedy this evening after a bridge on the Tonle Sap river became blocked with festival-goers heading to a concert.

Officials have so far been unable to confirm the number of victims, but latest news reports have put the death toll at 339, with a further 329 injured.

According to eye-witnesses, several members of the packed crowd collapsed while crossing the bridge to Koh Pich Island - a long spit of land in the river where the concert was being held to mark the end of the three-day holiday.
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• Cambodia
• Water
• Festival
• Tragedy
• Phnom
• Penh

[gushhnet]

This guy is horrible, someone should fire this cunt, he can't even read for fucks sake.

[PoPoY1082]

R.I.P...God is with you Cambodia..

[fengkorberfer]

@PopoY1082 : i believe Cambodia is mainly Buddhist.

[cbesam]

It is so sad for Khmer. Government have to find justice for those victims both wounded and died. Giving 5 millions riels, 1000 dollars, or some fund to the death is not legal solution or compensation, it is only the charity help. Finding out people's responsible for sad event is the best way to prevent destruction or any incident in the future. But sometime giving the money without any right investigation is the best way that the rich or power man always do with the poor in this country. Legal?

[cyberhitachi]

so fuckin idiots ....

[GreatVomitto]

@laobodian9irl actually she died with my father in car accident

[laobodian9irl]

@GreatVomitto hope your mother gets fucked in hell after i run the bitch down over and over and leave that bitch on the side of the road...road kill anyone?

[spareaxe]

@janel206 Dude....he's a stupid religious idiot who thinks there's an imaginary biblical hell. 

[janel206]

@GreatVomitto WHAT YOU WANT CAMBODIANS TO BURN IN HELL!!!! Wtf. IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!

[GreatVomitto]

I hope theyll burn in hell.

[madichelp0]

FAIL!!!

[AlonzoM7]

Rest In Paradise to the cambodian people