China For Life

Shoppers lined up outside the Carrefour superstore in southwestern China saturday, eagerly awaiting to snatch items on sale at 8:30 am sharp. What they didn't expect was a poor job done by the janitors which resulted in a slippery entrance. Costumers fell down and were trampled over by others as they stormed into the store. Three were confirmed to have been "trampled to death," and 31 were injured.

Press said that some were outside the store as early as 3:00 am; apparently they wanted this "rapeseed" oil for cooking. Those in front were probably more prone to get hurt.

Out of the 31 injured, 7 had severe injuries. Local police said that they have heard of the event, but cannot confirm its validity. Telephoning the Chinese headquaters of French owned Carrefour superstore returned a busy tone.

Tsk tsk. China, what happened...