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Relatives say their final farewells to New Year’s Eve tragedy victims 2015-01-07
THE New Year’s Eve stampede on the Bund was a “bloody lesson” for Shanghai, Mayor Yang Xiong told city lawmakers yesterday.
The city must draw a lesson from the tragedy, he told a session of the city’s legislature, the Shanghai People’s Congress Standing Committee. “The lesson was extremely profound and extremely painful,” he said.
Thirty-six people were killed and dozens more were injured after tens of thousands of people gathered on the historic riverfront walk to usher in the New Year.
The city must draw a lesson from the tragedy, he told a session of the city’s legislature, the Shanghai People’s Congress Standing Committee. “The lesson was extremely profound and extremely painful,” he said.
Thirty-six people were killed and dozens more were injured after tens of thousands of people gathered on the historic riverfront walk to usher in the New Year.
