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- At least 30 people died in a stampede at the Laferriere Citadel in northern Haiti during an annual celebration on April 11.
- Jean Henri Petit, head of Civil Protection for Haiti's Nord Department, said the fortress was crowded with students and visitors at the entrance.
- Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé expressed condolences to the victims' families.
- Fils-Aimé noted that many young people were present and rain worsened the situation.
