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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/010318/4/bd6wd.html
Four teenage girls have been crushed to death in a Jakarta shopping mall
stampede when a crowd tried to catch a glimpse of A1.
Two other girls were injured after being trampled on when about 1,500 fans
of the British boy band stampeded the exits of the Taman Anggrek shopping
mall.
They had come to see the band at a promotional event at a record store but
hundreds more people turned up than expected and panic broke out when some
fans tried to escape the crush.
The band, best known for its hit single "Be the First to Believe," is
currently on a tour of Asia. After the incident, the band went ahead with a
live appearance on a local television station.
The mall's management refused to comment and the security guards would not
give their names.
A1 have already had to cancel a visit to a music store in the Philippines
after a crowd of about 20,000 turned up when organisers were only expecting
about 1,000.

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