Deadly New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai

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January 1, 2015 at 8:25 AM

A view of a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai

People clash with police as they try to visit relatives injured in a stampede, at a hospital in central Shanghai

People try to identify their relatives at a hospital, from pictures of some of the victims of a stampede during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, central Shanghai

People watch a light show before a stampede incident occurred at the New Year's celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai

A view of a stampede is seen during the New Year's celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai

A man holds a woman after a stampede during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, central Shanghai

Police control the site after a stampede occurred during a New Year's celebration on the Bund

Police control the site of a stampede that occurred during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, in central Shanghai

Police control the site after a stampede occurred during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, central Shanghai

Security personnel and policemen stand next to an entrance to a hospital where injured people of a stampede incident are treated, in Shanghai

People try to identify their relatives from some of the victims' pictures at a hospital after a stampede during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, central Shanghai

A friend of a victim covers his face as he waits outside a hospital where injured people of a stampede incident are treated, in Shanghai

Relatives of a victim hug as they wait at a hospital where people, injured following a stampede incident, are treated in Shanghai

Relatives of a victim hug as they wait at a hospital where injured people of a stampede incident are treated in Shanghai

Paramilitary police officers sit on a truck leaving the location where people were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, in Shanghai

Paramilitary police officers walk on the location where people were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund in Shanghai

Paramilitary police officers stand guard on the location where people were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund in Shanghai

People lay down flowers during a memorial ceremony in memory of people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, in Shanghai

People hold flowers during a memorial ceremony in memory of people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund in Shanghai

A woman offers flowers during a memorial ceremony in memory of people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration, on the Bund in Shanghai

People bow during a memorial ceremony for people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, in Shanghai

Man lights candles during a memorial ceremony for people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, in Shanghai

Man lights a candle during a memorial ceremony for people who were killed in a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, in Shanghai

A view of a stampede incident during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai

A view of a stampede is seen during a New Year's celebration on the Bund, a waterfront area in central Shanghai, December 31, 2014. The stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 43 during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, on the city's famed waterfront tourist strip known as the Bund, authorities said. Picture taken December 31, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

REUTERS

A stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 43 during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, on the city's famed waterfront tourist strip known as the Bund, authorities said.

The Shanghai government said that large crowds started to stampede in Chen Yi Square on the Bund just before midnight, with authorities working to rescue and aid the wounded.

It was not immediately clear what triggered the stampede. The official Xinhua news agency said many of the injured were students. (REUTERS)

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