马里官员说，在首都巴马科举行的一个宗教仪式上发生踩踏事件，导致36人丧生，死者大部分是妇女。
数千人星期一晚间聚集在巴马科的一个体育馆里，参加先知的洗礼这个穆斯林节日，纪念先知穆罕默德的诞生。
目击者说，著名的伊玛姆海德拉在发表祝词时，一堆人向他挤过来。至少有64人在这起事件中受伤。
去年，人们在通布图市里的一个清真寺庆祝同一个节日的时候发生踩踏事件，有26人丧生。
Officials in Mali say a stampede during a religious ceremony in the capital has killed 36 people, most of them women.
Thousands of people had gathered at a stadium in Bamako late Monday for the Muslim festival of Maouloud, marking the birth of the prophet Muhammed.
Witnesses say a well-known imam, Osman Madani Haidara, was delivering his blessings when the crowd of people surged toward him. At least 64 people were injured in the incident.
Last year, 26 people died during a stampede while celebrating the same holiday at a mosque in the city of Timbuktu.