China: Three dead in shop stampede

Three shoppers died and at least 31 others were injured in a stampede when the doors opened at the start of a sale at a Carrefour supermarket in south-western China today, state media reported.

Some shoppers slipped as they rushed through a door to the Carrefour in Chongqing city when the store opened at 8.30am, and those who fell were then crushed by other shoppers, the websites of the Xinhua News Agency and People’s Daily reported.