At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, have died as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda’s capital
People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall in Kampala just after clocks struck midnight
People had been celebrating the New Year at the mall which is on a highway linking Kampala to Entebbe International Airport.
The celebrations to welcome in 2023 were the first in the East African country since restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic and security issues were lifted.
