Abidjan,Jan 1: Authorities say that at least 61 people were killed in a stampede when New Year's revelry turned into a panicked stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial centre.
State radio and a fire department rescue worker, who refused to give his name, said that many more people were injured in the incident at about 2 a.m. after a fireworks display in the Plateau district of Abidjan.
