Witnesses recall moments of deadly crowd crush in Israel

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Witnesses recount their experiences of the night dozens of people died in a crowd crush at an ultra-Orthodox religious festival in northern Israel attended by tens of thousands of people on Friday.

About 150 people were injured, at the annual Lag B’Omer commemorations in Galilee. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu promised a thorough investigation to ensure it did not happen again and called for a day of mourning on Sunday

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