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[theweaselking]

Kids Watch As Clown Is Crushed to Death

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- A hot-air balloon caught fire during a circus stunt, killing a clown acrobat as dozens of children watched, police said Tuesday.

The accident happened Monday night as the Royal Russian Circus was performing in Scariff, County Clare, a village in western Ireland. About 100 people were in the audience, most of them children. Police said the clown was a 26-year-old man from Belarus but didn't release his name.

Witnesses said the man, dressed in a clown outfit, was hanging from a cage suspended by ropes and a hot-air balloon inside the canvas tent. When the balloon exploded in flames, the cage fell on top of the man.

Comments

[fengi.livejournal.com]

Note how the headline doesn't contain the usual descriptive clause one finds in most stories about kids witnessing violent death. Perhaps because "in glee" or "with relief and satisfaction" would not be appropriate.

[toku666.livejournal.com]

He's from Belarus. They already ruled out suicide?

[falconwarrior.livejournal.com]

They didn't release his name, huh? Who wants to bet his last name is "Genovese"?