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02/27/2010 9:12 am 0 comments

Djinguereber in Timbuktu/Wikimedia

Twenty-six people, at least half of them children, were killed in a stampede near a mosque in Timbuktu, Mali, according to a journalist who witnessed the incident.

Moulaye Sayah, who works for National Radio and Television of Mali and Mali’s News Agency, both state-run, said at least 41 people were injured in the stampede, which occurred Thursday night during the Muslim festival of Mouloud, outside Djinguereber mosque.

The mosque is one of the most recognizable and ancient buildings in Timbuktu.

The prime minister’s office said that Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure is on his way to Timbuktu to offer his condolences to the families of the victims.

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