{Nine people have died in Ghana’s second city, Kumasi, following a stampede at a party to mark the end of Ramadan, a local official has said.}<\/p>\n
The injured were taken to a nearby hospital and one person is in a critical condition, Joy FM reports.<\/p>\n
There are conflicting reports of the cause of Wednesday night’s stampede.
\nOne eyewitness is quoted as saying that a power cut caused panic and the crush occurred as people rushed to leave the venue.<\/p>\n
Another said that the lights went out at the end of the party but people were unable to get out because the doors to the community centre were locked.<\/p>\n
The head of a Kumasi local government assembly, Nurudeen Hamidan, said the police are now trying to work out what happened, reports the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
BBC Ghana correspondent Thomas Naadi says that the chief imam in the area, Shiekh Abdul Moman, expressed concern that Muslims had not heeded calls to show restraint during the festivities.<\/p>\n
Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr on Wednesday, marking the end of the month-long Ramadan fast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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