36 killed, 47 injured in New Year stampede in Shanghai

(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-01-01 03:00

Relatives of a victim hug as they wait at a hospital where injured people of a stampede incident are treated in Shanghai, Jan 1, 2015. [Photo/Agencies]

20:20, Friday

The Shanghai government released the names of 35 identified people who died amid the bloody stampede.

01:15, Friday

The Shanghai government released the names of 32 identified people who died amid the bloody stampede, with an average age of 22 years old. Four others have yet to be identified.

22:50

Shanghai police denied reports that the melee was caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront. Police said on their official microblog that while closed-circuit television footage did show some bills had been thrown from a bar in a building overlooking the Bund, which a small number of people picked up, this was not the cause of the stampede.

20:00

A 23-year-old female from Taiwan was identified as a victim in the stampede in Shanghai's Bund area. The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits has informed the relatives of the victim through the Straits Exchange Foundation and will provide assistance for them to travel to Shanghai, according to Xinhua News Agency.

17:15

Bouquets of flowers are placed at Chen Yi Square to mourn the victims of a stampede in Shanghai.

[Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

17:10

Rumors saying coupons led to the stampede and that someone was wielding a knife at the scene are still being investigated, Shanghai-based The Paper quoted local police as saying.

17:00

The subway station on Nanjing East Road for the No 2 and No 10 lines is temporally closed Thursday from 4:20 pm until the station shuts down for the day, and passengers can not get in or out of that station, according to the official Sina Weibo account of Shanghai Metro.

16:50

"For large-scale activities, security risk assessment and prediction are very important. The administrator has standards on such assessment before approving any activities held in public areas," Qin Liqiang, professor of Administration on Public Security at the People's Public Security University of China, told China Daily.

"I am not so clear about the details of this accident on the Bund, but this tragedy surely tells that we need to strengthen the aforehand assessment, especially at some of the most risky spots where people are likely to gather and improve the execution of safety procedures," Qin said. "For such big event, we need to add more staff. Volunteers may also be needed in some important spots to work with police and other security teams."

Security staff walk to Chen Yi Square to enforce security measures after a stampede in Shanghai's Bund area. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

Police officers are on duty after a stampede in Shanghai's Bund area. [Photo/Xinhua]

16:30

One person from Taiwan was among those killed in the stampede and another two from the region were injured, according to an official Sina Weibo account of Xinhua News Agency.

14:15

The death toll of the stampede has reached to 36 till 2:15 pm on Thursday, according to the Shanghai Municipality Information Office.

12:00

Two 24-hour hotlines for the relatives of the injured and victims of the stampede tragedy were established by the Huangpu district authority of Shanghai. The numberss are: 021-33761004 and 021-33766752.

11:30

More people have gathered around the square to mourn the victims of the stampede.

[Photo by Wang Zhenghua/chinadaily.com.cn]

11:06

An old man surnamed Weng placed a bunch of flowers to mourn the victims of the stampede. Weng said he didn't lose any family members in the tragedy, but he felt very sad. He said Shanghai is city with very good social order.

An old man surnamed Weng places a bunch of flowers to mourn the victims of the stampede.[Photo by Wang Zhenghua/chinadaily.com.cn]

11:00

One of the people injured in the stampede was identified as Malaysian, according to the official Sina Weibo account of People's Daily.

10:53

Shanghai has canceled all New Year celebrations in the city, according to a report by eastday.com. According to the report, the majority of the injured from the stampede are young people in their 20's, mostly women.

Among the dead from the stampede, 25 were female and 10 male. They ranged from 16 years-old to 36 years-old. According to Xinhua, 10 people have been identified.

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