{"id":760291,"date":"2022-01-21T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/dozens-dead-after-stampede-at-liberian-church\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T12:19:00","slug":"dozens-dead-after-stampede-at-liberian-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/21\/dozens-dead-after-stampede-at-liberian-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens dead after stampede at Liberian church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Dozens-dead-after-stampede-at-Liberian-church.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">Jan. 20 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> More than 25 people were killed in Liberia after a stampede during a Christian ceremony in the capital, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>At least 29 victims died after being crushed as part of a large crowd in Monrovia on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A pregnant woman and 11 children are among those killed.<\/p>\n<p>Gang members attacked the large crowd, some armed with knives, causing a stampede as people attempted to escape, reports Front Page Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Liberian President George Weah declared a national three-day period of mourning Thursday. He also visited more than a dozen survivors in the hospital, according to Africanews.<\/p>\n<p>Details remain unclear but the events typically attract thousands of people.<\/p>\n<p>The publication says a number of victims were in critical condition in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A very sad day in our country and a tragedy. I want to express our sympathy to all the families that lost their loved ones. Going forward, we will make amends to make sure that those that are having a crusade will make sure that if the space is there for 10 people, it should be 10 people,&#8221; Weah said.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberian National Police have made one arrest, while the Red Cross has set up tents near the site, according to The Washington Post.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\">\n<div class=\"ad_tag\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 20 (UPI) &#8212; More than 25 people were killed in Liberia after a stampede during a Christian ceremony in the capital, authorities said. At least 29 victims died after being crushed as part of a large crowd in Monrovia on Wednesday. Advertisement A pregnant woman and 11 children are among those killed. Gang members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":760292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-760291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}