LAGOS: Seventeen people were killed and dozens of others injured on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in a stampede following the end of an overnight church vigil in eastern Nigeria, a government spokesman said.

“We have visited the hospital in Nkpor and found 17 corpses that were brought in from the scene of the disaster,” said spokesman Mike Udah.

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