Nine killed in New Year’s Eve crush in Ugandan capital

Survivor says pushing began after fireworks outside Freedom City shopping mall in Kampala

At least nine people, some of them children, died in a crush as revellers rang in the new year at a shopping centre in Uganda's capital, police said.

After fireworks outside the Freedom City mall in Kampala, a stampede ensued, resulting in the instant deaths of five people and injuries to several others", said Luke Owoyesigyire, a national police spokesperson.