I found this little news snippet on The Associated Press website:

Accusations that a soccer player was using witchcraft during a match in eastern Congo sparked a riot that killed 13 people, a U.N.-funded radio station reported Monday.

Most of the victims were between the ages of 11 and 16, Radio Okapi said. They were suffocated as panicked crowds ran for the exits during the mayhem Sunday in Butembo in eastern Congo's North Kivu province.

Radio Okapi said police tried to control the violence at Matokeo stadium by firing into the air to protect their commander, who was hit in the head and wounded by fans.

The two local clubs involved were Socozaki and Nyuki System, the radio said.

Dozens of teenagers marched through Butembo's dirt streets Monday in protest, and the regional governor, Julien Mpaluku, paid a visit to the hospital.

Mpaluku said the government was investigating.

He made no mention of witchcraft, but confirmed that soldiers had fired into the air to calm angry crowds. The shooting prompted panic instead, which became fatal "when the crowds all tried to leave at the same time."

"Most of the dead were children, only two or three were adults," Mpaluku said.

And for those of you who think this kind of thing only happens in "those countries," how about this news story from Australia just today?

Not enough? Is Philadelphia close enough for you? Here's a story from Friday.

Why do we keep doing this? As a species we have made incredible advances in industry, technology, medicine, psychology, astronomy, economics, anthropology, etc. The list goes on and on. And yet, we still resort to violence to solve our problems. We have made so little progress in that area. And when we look back at those people who have tried to move us forward in that realm, most of them have been killed. 

I'm thinking of moving to Saturn.