Promoter charged over deadly Uganda concert crush
Abbey Musinguzi faces nine counts of "rash or negligent acts causing death" in relation to the New Year's tragedy, which claimed 10 lives
News By James Hanley | 4 January 2023
A promoter has been charged after 10 people – mostly children – died in a stampede at a New Year’s concert in Uganda, East Africa.
Abbey Musinguzi, aka Abitex, faces nine counts of rash or negligent acts causing death following alleged “defects in the planning and control of the concert”, held at Freedom City mall in Namasuba.
A crush occurred just after midnight on Sunday (1 January) as concert-goers rushed from the venue through a narrow corridor to watch a fireworks display…
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