{"id":840,"date":"2010-02-26T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delicious.com\/url\/cc1bf1dea13a675b04131961df235dfc#tomathon"},"modified":"2010-02-26T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T14:35:00","slug":"fifteen-dead-in-timbuktu-mosque-stampede-police-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/fifteen-dead-in-timbuktu-mosque-stampede-police-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifteen dead in Timbuktu mosque stampede &#8211; police (Reuters)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening was Maoulid (Mawlid) the celebration of the Prophet&#039;s birth that is a carnival like holiday across West Africa.  Sadly, construction barriers near Timbuktu&#039;s famous Djingareyber mosque caused crowds that resulted in a panic and stampede.  Police say 15 people, including two children, were killed and that another 41 people were injured.   &quot;Every year for Maouloud people come to the grand mosque, but this year construction blocked some of the roads,&quot; said Imam Abdramane ben Effayouti. &quot;People took to narrow alleys, there was jostling, and the tragedy occurred.&quot;  Very sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday evening was Maoulid (Mawlid) the celebration of the Prophet&#039;s birth that is a carnival like holiday across West Africa.  Sadly, construction barriers near Timbuktu&#039;s famous Djingareyber mosque caused crowds that resulted in a panic and stampede.  Police say 15 people, including two children, were killed and that another 41 people were injured.   &quot;Every year for Maouloud people come to the grand mosque, but this year construction blocked some of the roads,&quot; said Imam Abdramane ben Effayouti. &quot;People took to narrow alleys, there was jostling, and the tragedy occurred.&quot;  Very sad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/02\/fifteen-dead-in-timbuktu-mosque-stampede-police-reuters\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[107,174],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":634,"url":"http:\/\/www.tomathon.com\/mphp\/2010\/01\/haiti-death-of-an-african-un-worker-ties-guinea-to-port-au-prince\/","url_meta":{"origin":840,"position":0},"title":"Haiti: Death of an African UN worker ties Guinea to Port au Prince","date":"January 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Among those killed in the Haiti UN building was Mamadou Bah, son of a prominent Dinguiraye Peul family. 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