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| Stampede in Italian Nightclub Leaves 6 Dead and Dozens Hurt | |
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| ROME — At least six people died and about 40 others were injured, more than a dozen of them seriously, in a stampede early Saturday at a nightclub in central Italy where a popular rapper was scheduled to perform, officials said. | ROME — At least six people died and about 40 others were injured, more than a dozen of them seriously, in a stampede early Saturday at a nightclub in central Italy where a popular rapper was scheduled to perform, officials said. |
| Panic broke out after midnight at the Lanterna Azzurra club in Corinaldo, a town near the city of Senigallia on the Adriatic coast. One unidentified witness interviewed by RAI News, the national news channel, said that pepper spray had been fired inside the club, setting off panic. But investigators did not confirm that. | Panic broke out after midnight at the Lanterna Azzurra club in Corinaldo, a town near the city of Senigallia on the Adriatic coast. One unidentified witness interviewed by RAI News, the national news channel, said that pepper spray had been fired inside the club, setting off panic. But investigators did not confirm that. |
| Italian news media showed images of dozens of ambulances outside the club and rescue workers tending to survivors. Reports said that the club had a capacity for about 1,000 people and that the victims had been crushed as people rushed for the exits. Officials said 14 people had been hospitalized in serious condition. | |
| Reports said that at least four of the people killed were minors, and that another was the mother of one of the young fans who had gone to the club to hear a concert by Sfera Ebbasta, a popular Italian rapper. | Reports said that at least four of the people killed were minors, and that another was the mother of one of the young fans who had gone to the club to hear a concert by Sfera Ebbasta, a popular Italian rapper. |
| Luca Cari, a spokesman for the national fire department who was at the scene, said by phone that the situation had been “dramatic” and that it was still unclear how the events had unfolded. Officials were working “to understand what set off the panic,” he added. | |
| The news agency ANSA said the police were interviewing six bouncers who had worked at the club during the evening. |