STAMPEDE. A plain police protects the main gate of Majengo ground township of Moshi in Kilimanjaro region, north Tanzania, on February 2, 2020 after 20 people were killed and and 16 injured in stampede yesterday evening at Majengo open ground, during the church service to get blessing oil. Photo by Filbert Rweyemamu/AFP
"So far, 20 people have died, but the death toll could increase as there were also wounded," Warioba told AFP.The tragedy happened when a crowd of worshippers was attending a prayer ceremony on Saturday led by the popular preacher, Boniface Mwamposa, who heads the Arise and Shine Ministry Tanzania. "Dozens of people immediately fell being jostled and trampled, and some died. We have counted 20 people killed – but there are also wounded.""It was horrible, people trampled on mercilessly, jostling each other with elbows," said another witness, Peter Kilewo.Mwamposa, the preacher, fled the scene after the stampede, and police appealed in a broadcast on national television for him to hand himself in.
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