Stampede at Tanzanian disco party leaves 19 dead. A disco party in Tanzania celebrating the end of Ramadan turned for the worse with a stampede that left 19 people dead. Most of the deceased are young people between the ages of 12 and 17. According to early investigations, a stampede and suffocation in the hall were the cause of their deaths. The stampede “was caused by a commotion in the disco,” a local police commander told the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation. Several people were also taken to the hospital for their injuries. The party was a part of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of Ramadan, the holiest month on the Muslim calendar. Police are still investigating.

Jamaican reggae star cleared on tax evasion. A judge in Jamaica threw out reggae star Beenie Man’s tax evasion case. Authorities in the nation accused the Grammy winner and Kingston native of owing almost $1 million in back taxes, reports CNN. But the judge cleared Beenie Man (whose real name is Anthony Moses Davis) of the charges because officials did not let him know his legal rights when they turned in their report last year.

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