2 Moroccan women porters killed in border stampede

RABAT, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Two Moroccan women died Monday in a stampede on the border between Morocco and Spain, local authorities said.

The two women carrying goods between the northern Moroccan town of Fnideq and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta were killed in the stampede at a crossing for pedestrians.

The accident is the latest in a series of stampede accidents that happened at the border crossing as many poor Moroccan women make a living lugging back-breaking goods between Morocco and Spain.

Last August, at least four Moroccan female porters were killed in a stampede at the same border crossing.