"In a bid for people to rush out... there was this stampede," said Muntaka, from President John Dramani Mahama's National Democratic Congress. "As to what caused the actual stampede the security agencies are working to unravel what happened and we will take it on from there." "Others are saying that they finished the programme, they were leaving and there was a stampede along the way. Updated Thu, July 7th 2016 at 17:43 GMT +3Accra: Nine people were killed in a stampede at a party in central Ghana to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a public official told reporters on Thursday. There was no immediate comment from the police in the city, which is 255 kilometres (160 miles) northwest of the capital, Accra.

Source: Standard Digital July 07, 2016 12:00 UTC