Children's Day

Officials have not provided details of those who were injured, but local media reported that children were among those taken to hospital and that the park was hosting an event to mark International Children's Day.

In Nigeria, trumpeters play fun tunes on Children's Day on Monday in Lagos.

Kakar made the comment in a televised speech on World Children’s Day, which he said made him think of children in Gaza.

State television showed some protesters carrying bundled white shrouds symbolising the children killed in Gaza, during the nationwide marches, held ahead of World Children's Day on Monday.

The future of the Notting Hill Carnival was at the forefront on Sunday as the traditional children's day parade wound through the streets of west London.