Security staff to be tried for negligence

CHENGDU: The head of security and his assistant at a Carrefour store in the Shapingba district of Chongqing municipality will stand trial for their roles in a "stampede" at the retail outlet in November that led to the deaths of three shoppers, prosecutors said on Friday.

The Shapingba procuratorate submitted its case on Thursday and it was accepted, an official surnamed Li from the district court said.

Xiang Xuexin, the store's security manager, and Duan Chengwei, his assistant, are accused of negligence during a sales promotion held to mark the store's 10th anniversary.