September 2008: In India, 147 people are killed and 55 injured in a stampede at the Chamunda temple, near the historic western town of Jodhpur. At least 145 people die and more than 100 are injured. January 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual between noon and sunset.Īugust 2008: Rumours of a landslide trigger a stampede by pilgrims in India at the Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh state. January 2005: At least 265 Hindu pilgrims, including several women and children, are killed near a remote temple in India’s Maharashtra state.Īugust 2005: At least 1,005 people die in Iraq when Shi’ites stampede off a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, panicked by rumours of a suicide bomber in the crowd. May 2001: In Ghana, at least 126 people are killed in a stampede at Accra’s main soccer stadium when police fire tear gas at rioting fans in one of Africa’s worst soccer disasters.įebruary 2004: A stampede kills 251 Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia near Jamarat Bridge during the haj ritual stoning of the devil. May 1994: A stampede near Jamarat Bridge in Saudi Arabia during haj killed 270 in the area where pilgrims hurl stones at piles of rocks symbolising the devil.Īpril 1998: One hundred and nineteen Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. July 1990: Inside Saudi Arabia’s al-Muaissem tunnel near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims were crushed to death during Eid al-Adha, Islam’s most important feast, at the end of the annual haj pilgrimage. Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield. Here is a list of some of the worst stampedes over the last three decades:Īpril 1989: Ninety-six people were killed and at least 200 injured in Britain’s worst sports disaster after a crowd surge crushed packed fans against barriers at the English F.A. At least eight people were killed and many others injured in a crush at the opening night of rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival triggered by a surge of fans pushing toward the stage, officials said on Saturday.
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