2026年4月12日 / 美国东部时间下午4:20 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
官员表示，海地一处热门历史堡垒发生踩踏事故，造成至少25人死亡、数十人受伤，当局修正了此前公布的更高死亡人数。
这起事故于周六发生在亨利城堡（又称拉费里埃城堡）的年度复活节集会期间，这座19世纪堡垒是位于北部城镇米洛的旅游景点。
“伤者目前正在接受必要的医疗救治，救援队正在搜寻所有失踪人员，”文化部长埃马纽埃尔·梅纳尔周日对法新社表示。
据哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的合作媒体英国广播公司报道，海地北部省民防负责人让·亨利· Petit警告称，死亡人数可能还会上升。
拉费里埃城堡是海地北部一座大型山顶堡垒。
总理阿里克斯·迪迪埃·菲尔-艾梅表示，事故发生在一场“聚集了大量年轻人的旅游活动期间”。他表示，当局已展开调查，并动员了“所有相关部门”向受灾人员提供支援。
“政府向遇难者家属致以诚挚的哀悼，”菲尔-艾梅在脸书上的一份声明中说道。
声明继续写道：“政府正以最高度的关注跟踪事态发展，并敦促民众保持冷静和谨慎，等待正在进行的调查结果，以确定这起悲剧的确切起因。在这一特别令人痛心的时刻，总理和共和国政府重申，我们与遇难者以及整个受影响社区站在一起。”
海地国家警察在另一份声明中表示，已展开调查以确定事故的确切原因。通过调查，当局将死亡人数更新为25人。周日，尸检工作正在进行中。
梅纳尔表示，这处联合国教科文组织世界遗产已对游客关闭，“恢复开放时间另行通知”。
据当地报纸《新报》报道，另有数十人受伤并被送往医院。
初步报道称，游客（大多为年轻人）挤在唯一的入口处，试图进出的人群之间爆发了冲突。其他当地媒体报道称，这场集会是在TikTok上宣传后举办的。
政府敦促民众在调查期间“保持冷静和谨慎”。
“所有主管部门已全面动员，处于最高戒备状态，将毫不拖延地提供必要的援助、救治和支持，”政府在声明中补充道。
据美联社报道，周日仍有部分遇难者遗体留在事故现场。
一名年轻男子告诉美联社，他的妹妹刻苦学习取得优异成绩，得以参加优秀学生学校旅行团，前往了该城堡。他抬着盖着白色防水布的妹妹遗体时，泣不成声。
这座堡垒是海地脱离法国独立后不久，由革命者亨利·克里斯托夫主持修建的。该遗址现已成为海地独立的象征。
Stampede at historic fortress Citadelle Henri in Haiti killed at least 25 people
April 12, 2026 / 4:20 PM EDT / CBS/AFP
A stampede at a popular historical fortress in Haiti killed at least 25 people and injured dozens of others, officials said, revising an earlier, higher number of fatalities.
The incident took place Saturday during an annual Easter gathering at the Citadelle Henri, also known as Citadelle Laferriere, a 19th-century fortress and tourist spot in the northern town of Milot.
“The injured are currently receiving the necessary medical care, and a rescue team is searching for any missing persons,” Culture Minister Emmanuel Menard told AFP on Sunday.
Jean Henri Petit, the head of civil protection for Haiti’s Nord department, warned the death toll could yet rise, CBS News partner BBC News reported.
The Citadelle Laferriere is a large mountaintop fortress in northern Haiti. John Seaton Callahan / Getty Images
Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime said the incident happened during a “tourist activity bringing together many young people.” He said an investigation has been launched and “all relevant authorities” were mobilized to support those affected.
“The government sends its sincere condolences to the affected families,” Fils-Aimé said in a statement on Facebook.
“The Government is monitoring the situation with utmost attention and urges the population to be calm and cautious, awaiting the results of ongoing investigations to determine the exact circumstances of this tragedy,” the statement continued. “In this particularly troubling circumstance, the Prime Minister and the Government of the Republic reaffirm their solidarity with the victims and the entire affected community.”
The Haitian National Police, in a separate statement, said it had opened an investigation to determine the exact cause of the incident. The investigation led authorities to update the death toll to 25 fatalities. Autopsies were underway on Sunday.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site is closed to visitors “until further notice,” Menard said.
Several dozen people were also injured and taken to the hospital, local newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported.
Initial reports said visitors, mostly young people, were crammed against a single entrance and a scuffle broke out between those trying to leave and enter the site. Other local media reports said the gathering took place after being advertised on TikTok.
The government urged citizens to “be calm and cautious” while it investigates.
“All competent authorities are fully mobilized and placed on maximum alert to provide, without delay, the necessary assistance, care and support,” it added in its statement.
Some of the victims’ bodies remained at the site on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
A young man told the AP his sister had traveled there after studying diligently to get the grades necessary to be part of a school field trip for the best students. He sobbed after carrying her body, which had been covered with a white tarp.
The fortress was built by revolutionary Henri Christophe shortly after Haiti gained independence from France. The site has become a symbol of Haitian independence.
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