<p><br /> Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen paid his respects on Thursday during a day of national mourning to honour the more than 350 people who were killed in a deadly stampede in Phnom Penh.<br /> </p><p><br /> Accompanied by his wife and government officials, Hun Sen placed incense sticks by a wreath at the site of Monday's stampede.<br /> </p><p><br /> The tragedy unfolded after crowds celebrating a water festival flocked to an island for a free concert and spilled onto a bridge to the mainland.<br /> </p><p><br /> An estimated seven to eight thousand people were streaming over the bridge that connects the island to the mainland when it began to sway, according to local reports.<br /> </p><p><br /> According to an investigation, the swaying of the bridge loaded with thousands of people sparked the mass panic.<br /> </p><p><br /> An official report, however, has not yet been released.<br /> </p><p><br /> Information Minister Khieu Kanharith said on Wednesday the official death toll was 351 dead with 395 injured.<br /> </p><p><br /> Premier Hun Sen described the stampede as the biggest tragedy since the communist Khmer Rouge's reign of terror, which killed an estimated 1.7 million people in the late 1970s.<br /> </p>
