Lianne Milton

Cambodia: Bridge of Ghosts; A Country in Mourning

 

On November 22, 2010, nearly 450 people died in a stampede on a bridge over the Bassac River on the last day of a three-day annual Water Festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The festival brings millions people from the provinces to celebrate the end of the rain season. 

Cambodia's Prime Minister, Hun Sen, called it the worst tragedy since the Khmer Rouge. 

Population of Cambodia: 14,805,358 

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  • Mourners pay their respects at a prayer ceremony for the hundreds that were killed and injured from a massive stampede on the last day of the Water Festival, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2010.
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