9 killed in Ghana stampede at festivities for end of Ramadan

The stampede took place at a party at Asawase Community Center, Kumasi, Ghana, in the early hours of today. Survivors told police that the stampede happened after an apparent dispute between two DJs who were performing at the same time and the lights were turned off to try to calm it, but people panicked and tried to leave. Six of the casualties were females and the others were males.