A stampede of panicked teenagers at a nightclub in Italy has killed six people and injured more than 50 others, authorities said. A stampede of panicked teenagers at a nightclub in Italy has killed six people and injured more than 50 others, authorities said. The bodies of the victims were found near a low wall inside the building, firefighters spokesman Dino Poggiali told Sky TG24 News. RAI state radio said about 1,000 people were inside the disco when the stampede erupted. Ansa said the audience at Italian rapper Sfera Ebbasta’s concert at the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub panicked and ran for the exits after someone sprayed a substance similar to pepper spray.

Source: Irish Independent December 08, 2018 07:18 UTC