ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) 鈥� Ten people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede in Nigeria鈥檚 capital city as a large crowd gathered to collect food items distributed by a local church at a Christmas event, the police said Saturday.
The stampede occurred in the early morning hours at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, a high-brow part of Abuja, from where more than 1,000 people have been evacuated, police spokesman Josephine Adeh said in a statement.
It is in a week in Africa鈥檚 most populous country as local organizations, churches and individuals are increasingly organizing charity events ahead of Christmas amid the country鈥檚 in a generation.
The Associated Press
