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Friday, 6 February, 2004, 07:37 GMT
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In pictures: Chinese stampede
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The stampede happened after one person fell over on a canal bridge during the New Year lantern festival.
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Thirty-seven people were either crushed or suffocated to death.
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Some people fell off the bridge, which was severely overcrowded.
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Some parents lost children in the crush.
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An investigation into the stampede in now under way
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The BBC's Louisa Lim
"Accidents like this one are completely preventable"
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