
Thirty-five people have been killed in a stampede during New Year's celebrations in downtown Shanghai. Dozens other are injured after a stampede broke out during New Year's celebrations in the Chinese city of Shanghai, state-run media has said.Pictures posted on social media showed huge crowds surrounding people lying on the ground in the middle of the street, but they could not be immediately verified.The cause of the stampede remained under investigation, the Xinhua report said.It was not immediately clear what triggered the stampede. The official Xinhua news agency said many of the injured were students.