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The deadliest modern crowd crush incidents have both occurred during the Hajj pilgrimage, with the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy claiming 1,426 lives and the 2015 Mina stampede claiming 2,400. [1] (Although the term "stampede" is used in some media outlets, the scientific consensus is that true stampedes involving humans are extremely rare. [1])
A pre-dawn stampede at the world's largest religious gathering killed at least 30 people in India on January 29, 2025, with many more injured after a surging crowd spilled out of a police cordon ...
At even higher densities (approaching ten people per square metre (one per square foot)) [1] a crowd can become so packed that people are crushed together to such an extent they can no longer breathe and are asphyxiated. [3] Such crowd crushes can occur when a moving crowd is funneled into a smaller and smaller space, when it meets an obstacle ...
According to local media, security personnel then used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. [8] [9] [11] Spectators began to flee the stadium, heading to the structure's two exits. [12] This led to a stampede and a crowd crush in and around the gates to the stadium, where many of the casualties occurred.
The crush began at around 4am local time at Prayagraj, where the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati rivers meet. Kumbh Mela crowd crush: Scattered belongings line floor after fatal ...
On February 4, 2006, a crowd crush [a] occurred at the PhilSports Stadium in Pasig, Metro Manila, in the Philippines. The crush occurred hours before the first anniversary event of the noontime variety show Wowowee, where 30,000 people had been waiting outside to participate. It killed 73 people and wounded 400 others.
The South Korean government is facing serious scrutiny after a deadly crowd surge left 156 people dead and over 150 others injured — marking the country’s worst disaster in years.
2019 Antananarivo crush; 2024 Nzérékoré stampede; B. ... San Salvador crowd crush; ... This page was last edited on 3 December 2024, ...