Cambodia stampede kills at least 345 at festival

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A security personnel points to a photo of a stampede victim as he tries to identify her at the Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh November 23, 2010.​

 

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A relative of a stampede victim mourns at the Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh November 23, 2010.​

 

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Cambodians check photos of Monday's stampede victims at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.​

 

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A Cambodian man compares a photo to those of stampede victims at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.​

 

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Survivors of Monday's stampede lie on a bed at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010​

 

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A Cambodian doctor checks the blood pressure of survivors of Monday's stampede at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010​

 

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A Cambodian mother watches her daughters, survivors of Monday's stampede, at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.​

 

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People line up to pay hommage to the victims of the stampede during an official mourning ceremony at Diamond Gate bridge, site of a stampede late on November 22 which left nearly 350 people dead, in Phnom Penh as Cambodia holds a national day of mourning on November 25, 2010. Cambodia's prime minister led an emotional memorial ceremony at the site of a bridge stampede in the capital that killed almost 350 people in the worst national tragedy for decades.​

 

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Buddhist monks place incense sticks during an official mourning ceremony at Diamond Gate bridge, site of a stampede late on November 22 which left nearly 350 people dead, in Phnom Penh as Cambodia holds a national day of mourning on November 25, 2010.​

 

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Men place flowers near the Diamond Gate bridge, site of a stampede late on November 22 which left nearly 350 people dead, in Phnom Penh as Cambodia holds a national day of mourning on November 25, 2010.​

 

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Kong Korm (2nd L), vice president of Sam Rainsy Party, leads party members to pray along with other mourners at the Diamond Gate bridge, site of a stampede at the annual water festival late on November 22 which left nearly 350 people dead, in Phnom Penh as Cambodia holds seven days of mourning on November 28, 2010. Cambodian members of the opposition party Sam Rainsy and other organisations gathered to pray for the victims who died in the stampede nearly one week ago. The Cambodian capital will continue to host the annual water festival despite the deaths on a bridge, an official said on November 26.​

 

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Cambodian Buddhist monks line up to join prayers along with other mourners at the Diamond Gate bridge.​

 

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A group of Vietnamese people places flowers and incense with other mourners at the Diamond Gate bridge, site of a stampede at the annual water festival late on November 22 which left nearly 350 people dead, in Phnom Penh as Cambodia holds seven days of mourning on November 28, 2010. Cambodian members of the opposition party Sam Rainsy and other organisations gathered to pray for the victims who died in the stampede nearly one week ago. The Cambodian capital will continue to host the annual water festival despite the deaths on a bridge, an official said on November 26.​

 

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A tourist takes a picture at the bridge where a deadly stampede occurred last week in Phnom Penh November 29, 2010. Cambodia's prime minister said on Monday no state officials were to blame for the stampede that killed 351 people and ruled out resignations in the aftermath of the country's worst tragedy in three decades. The accident happened late November 22 last week when more than 1,000 people celebrating the end of an annual Water Festival on a man-made entertainment island crossed a narrow bridge. The crowd suddenly panicked and started to run.​

 

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Survivor Chum Srey prays at the bridge where a deadly stampede occurred last week in Phnom Penh November 29, 2010.​

 

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Cambodian Buddhist monks and other mourners look at Diamond Gate bridge, site of a stampede at the annual water festival​