GIMC�s poor security put lives at risk

The poor security could not manage the overexcited crowd
The poor security could not manage the overexcited crowd

Gaborone’s popular music festival, the Gaborone International Music and Culture (GIMC) Week became a nightmare to a lot of revellers after their lives were put at risk during at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Even though the festival attracted a large number of crowds this year, it all came to a deadly end for at least one.  Around 7pm, a number of revellers had already gathered at the gates where they fought their way in resulting in a stampede that claimed the life of a local university student.

The revellers had to use one gate to enter the venue and as a result many people could no longer wait in the queue, which led to a stampede. People who had bought golden tickets and regular tickets entered through the same gate and that caused chaos.

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