tiny area. an ominous warning telling people to be careful. police and emergency crews rushed to the scene. shortly after 10:00 p.m. local saturday night. the news agency reported emergency lines flooded with calls from people in the packed area, saying they were stuck, suffocating. some who fell down apparently crushed under a growing pile of people. official causes of death not confirmed, but dozens suffered cardiac arrest. i saw the people like going to the left side and i actually saw the person getting to the opposite side. so the person in the middle, they got jammed, and they have, like, you know, no way to communicate. and they cannot breathe. reporter: the fire chief calls this a presumed tam te
people to be careful. police and emergency crews crush to the scene. shortly after 10:00 p.m. local saturday night. and the news agency reported that emergency lines flooded with calls from people in the packed area saying they were stuck, suffocating, some who fell down, apparently crushed under a growing pile of people. official causes of death not confirmed, but dozens suffered cardiac arrest. i saw the people like going to the left side. and i actually saw the person actually getting to the opposite side. and so actually the person in the middle, they got jammed. and they have like no way to communicate. they cannot breathe. reporter: fire chief called it a presumed stampede. investigation is ongoing. social media shows emergency crews struggling pulling injured
thousands packed onto the streets to party. ..until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out. there s no way you can breathe. so, everyone lifting up, like. he gasps for air. ..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. others describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving cpr for next 30 minutes. and his friend was trying to stop him, but he was still doing it. translation: | wasj pushed from behind. i got scared and tried to move to the side, but i couldn t. i was stuck there for two hours. i felt like i was going to die.
something s going to happen. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. he gasps for air. ..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. 0thers describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving cpr for 30 minutes. and his friend was trying to stop him, but he was still doing it. this nearby community centre is saturated with grief. families and friends come to register the missing. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides. and more people fell, and i lost my friend. and i turned around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way.
it was, like, quite a few times, then i realised something s going to happen. there s no way you can breathe. so everyone lifting up, like. gasps. ..and that s what they re doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. others describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn t sleep till now. i couldn t sleep because i see people dying in front of me. this nearby community centre is saturated with grief. families and friends come to register the missing. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides. and more people fell, and i lost my friend. and i turn around and i told the crowd, you can t come this way. people are dying. for others, there s no information.