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Liberia stampede kills 30 people
Thirty people died in a stampede while fleeing a knife attack outside a church in Liberia's capital, Monrovia.
Liberia Police spokesman Moses Carter confirms one person was arrested after thirty people died in a stampede as they fled a knife attack outside a church in Liberia's capital, Monrovia.
(Photo: People search through piles of shoes left at a field in Monrovia, on January 20, 2022, where 30 people, including a pregnant woman and 11 children are confirmed dead after a stampede broke out at a church service. Credit: EMMANUEL TOBEY/AFP via Getty Images)
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