MONROVIA – At least 30 people were killed on Wednesday night in a stampede caused by an attack on a religious gathering in a suburb of Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, according to reports by local media on Thursday.

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A police spokesperson was quoted as saying that worshippers at a religious gathering in the New Kru town of Monrovia were attacked on Wednesday night by “criminals coming with knives”, which created chaos and led to a stampede as everyone tried to escape.