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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])
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 ...
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 ...
Stampede is not only an incorrect term, it is a loaded word, as it assigns blame to the victims for behaving in an irrational, self-destructive, unthinking and uncaring manner, it's pure ignorance, and laziness [...] It gives the impression that it was a mindless crowd only caring about themselves, and they were prepared to crush people.
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 ...
Crowd crushes have proven to be deadly in recent years. At the 2021 Astroworld festival in Texas, 10 people were crushed to death. In 2010, nearly two dozen were killed as a crowd stampeded at the ...
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At least 120 people were killed and 100 more were injured as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South ...