About 300 police and paramilitary personnel have been mobilized outside Pacific Place shopping center in Jakarta, Indonesia, to stabilize the chaos caused by the 5,000 people waiting to buy a smart phone.
A week earlier, the device manufacturer RIM has announced BlackBerry Bold 9790 will sell for $ 260 USD cho1.000 first customer in the "Black Day", No. 6 on 25.
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There were 5,000 people lined up outside to buy BlackBerry Bold 9790 Pacific Place (AP) |
But 5,000 fans had gathered outside Pacific Place. Many people were lining up even before.
At around noon, thousands of people began pushing forward to painting that many people fainted and injured cases including fractures.
"The crowd almost went crazy and started pushing. It's scary, I was crushed until unconscious ", Sherly, 32, who had waited since early morning No. 6, one of those who lost consciousness while pinched excessively said.
RIM decided to cancel the meeting due to sales incentives and safety of our customers.
Indonesia is the market BlackBerry largest outside North America. According to RIM, this year in this country may enter BlackBerry 4,000,000.
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