Ua ʻōlelo ka mākaʻi o Monrovia, he 29 ka nui o nā kānaka i pepehi ʻia ma kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma kahi hālāwai pule Kalikiano ma ke kapikala o Liberia i ka Pōʻalima, a aia nā hopohopo e piʻi aʻe ka nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ka ʻōlelo a ka mākaʻi ʻo Moses Carter he manawa pōkole ka nui o ka make a "hiki ke hoʻonui" no ka mea he nui ka poʻe i ke kūlana koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua komo nā keiki i waena o ka poʻe make.
Ua hāʻawi ka hope Kuhina ʻIke o Liberia i ka nui o ka make.
"Ua ʻōlelo nā kauka he 29 mau kānaka i make a aia kekahi ma ka papa inoa koʻikoʻi," wahi a Jalawah Tonpo, e kāhea ana i ka lekiō mokuʻāina mai kahi haukapila kokoke.
"He lā kaumaha kēia no ka ʻāina," wahi a Tonpo.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka nūhou kūloko i ka Pōʻalima ua loaʻa ka pōʻino i ka pō ma ka ʻaha hui i mālama ʻia ma kahi kahua pôpeku ma New Kru Town, aia ma ka ʻākau o Monrovia. ʻAʻole i ʻike koke ʻia ke kumu o ka hele ʻana.
Ua paʻa nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ka pōʻino. Wahi a nā hōʻike kūloko, ʻo ka hanana kahi hui pule Kalikiano - i ʻike ʻia ma Liberia he "crusade" - i mālama ʻia ma kahi kahua pôpeku ma New Kru Town, kahi papa hana o ke kūlanakauhale nui.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Monrovia police said that at least 29 people were killed in a stampede at a Christian prayer gathering in Liberia's capital on Thursday, and there are fears the toll may rise.
- Local media reported on Thursday that the overnight disaster took place at the gathering held on a football field in New Kru Town, just north of Monrovia.
- Police spokesman Moses Carter said the death toll was provisional and “may increase” because a number of people were in critical condition.
