MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 22 (RIA Novosti) - Four people died and eight others were injured in a stampede at a discotheque in a small town in Russia's Urals, the country's main investigative body said on Sunday.
The accident occurred late on Saturday when about 200 people had gathered for the discotheque in the Urals town of Pervouralsk. The stampede began when the discotheque organizers offered free entry during the first 30 minutes, investigators said.
Three 16-year-old girls and a 30-year-old man died in the crush, investigators said.
Prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the accident.
