SHANGHAI: Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked over a New Year’s Eve crush on the waterfront Bund that killed 36 people, the city government announced, saying the carnage could have been avoided.
New Year revellers, many of them young women, were trampled after flocking to the Bund, with severe overcrowding raising questions about why authorities failed to enforce stronger safety measures.
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