Monrovia, Jan 20 (UNI/Xinhua) At least 29 people have been confirmed dead in a stampede during an open-air church service in Liberia's Kru Town, a suburb of the capital Monrovia, said police.
The incident occurred late Wednesday when a "gang of thugs" carrying knives attacked hundreds of participants at the religious activity at a beach area, Moses Carter, national police spokesman, told reporters at a press briefing in Monrovia on Thursday.