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Title:El Salvador: Funeral Of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero
Date:30th March 1980
Summary:The funeral of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, became a scene of carnage. An explosion was heard; then shots. The vast crowd, put at 100,000 or more, panicked. People scrambled over railings to take refuge in the cathedral. Others flung themselves to the ground or found what cover they could. About forty people had died, some of them trampled to death. Nearly 200 ended up in hospital.
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Location:EL SALVADOR SAN SALVADOR
Reuters ID:LDL00114OD5M7
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