At least 35 people have been killed in a stampede during the New Year's celebrations in Shanghai, which may have been caused by the crowd rushing to grab fake money thrown from the balcony of a building.
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency cited the Shanghai's government in saying that at least another 42 people have been injured and have been taken to Shanghai General Hospital.
The deaths and injuries occurred in Chen Yi Square, in city's waterfront Bund area, which attracted 300,000 people last New Years Eve and is notorious for causing severe congestion at major events.
Social media pictures show people lying on the ground and being resuscitated while police ring the area
The countdown had been cancelled earlier in the day out of fears of congestion and to discourage as many people from attending
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
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