Indonesia Trample Kills 10

A rush of people attempting to leave a punk rock concert in Bandung, Indonesia, left in their wake the bodies of 10 people trampled or crushed to death.

The crowd was trying to leave the venue on the afternoon of February 2 while another was trying to enter, according to local newspaper Pikiran Rakyat. The police chief told reporters that most of the dead were teenagers and that he was in the process of investigating the tragedy.

The capacity of the venue, which was not named in the report, was said to be 700. The newspaper said that more than 1,500 were inside the building, while police said the crowd was 30 percent over capacity.

Such stampedes are not unusual at public events in Indonesia, where crowd control is often inadequate. Bandung is the capital of West Java province and is located about 100 miles southeast of Jakarta.