Indonesia: 23 killed in cash-handout stampede

At least 23 people were crushed to death today when residents of an eastern Indonesia town surged forward while waiting for 40,000 rupiah (€3) handouts from a rich family in an annual tradition, officials said.

The handouts were part of charity events marking the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan in the town of Pasuran, nearly 800km east of the capital, said local police chief Harry Sitompul.