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Death By Crowd: Stampedes & Crushes

The fine/100 days is for... underage drinking? overcrowding? lack of evacuation plan? the methanol? :(
From the article quoted by ramonmercado in post 24. (Sorry, on my mobile)
"The owner of the bar and two of his employees have been charged with breaching regulations regarding sales of alcohol."

Given the deaths and outrage they were likely charged with everything the police could charge them with, and there simply weren't laws covering what happened.
 
Seems like a small amount of money but if you are poverty stricken ...

Seven people, including an eight-year-old girl, have been killed in a stampede at a charity event in Nigeria.

On Sunday, a businessman in Bauchi state, in the north-east, had invited residents to collect 5,000 naira ($3.70; £2.90) each.

The event attracted a big crowd and "before you knew it things got out of hand", a local journalist told the BBC.

Recent economic strife has left many desperate for help. Five thousand naira could feed an average family for a day.

Police confirmed that seven people - four adult women and three girls, aged between eight and 55 - were killed in the incident in the Jos Road area of Bauchi city, though some locals have put the death toll higher.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68654619
 
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