Archive for the ‘Stampede’ Category
October 16, 1996: A stampede of soccer fans before a World Cup qualifying match in Guatemala City kills 84 people and seriously injures more than 100.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2019
7/2/1990: A stampede of religious pilgrims in a pedestrian tunnel in Mecca leaves more than 1,400 people dead
Tuesday, July 2nd, 20191/27/2002: Explosions at a military depot in Lagos, Nigeria, trigger a stampede of fleeing people, during which more than 1,000 people are killed.
Sunday, January 27th, 2019
1/2/1971: 66 football (soccer) fans are killed in a stampede at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, as they attempt to leave a game at the same time and in the same place.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019At least 6 dead and 100 injured during a stampede of panicked concertgoers in Corinaldo, Italy
Saturday, December 8th, 201810/16/1996: A stampede of soccer fans in Guatemala City kills 84 and seriously injures more than 100
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018Fear of stampede when a crowd hears “pop.”
Thursday, October 4th, 2018“……By the next day, police commanders had determined that it had not been a falling barrier that had started the original stampede. It was, instead, a fight between two people near the stage. As concertgoers scattered, they stepped on empty water bottles, causing loud popping sounds...….”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siNwROX2RLs
July 2, 1990: A stampede of religious pilgrims in a pedestrian tunnel in Mecca leaves more than 1,400 people dead
Monday, July 2nd, 2018Hajj tragedies over the years:
- 1987: A confrontation between Iranians and Saudis during an anti-American demonstration resulted in 400 deaths.
- 1994: 270 people died when too many rushed forward for the stoning.
- 1998: At least 110 people were killed in a similar stampede and another 180 were seriously injured.
- 2001 and 2002: More than 30 people died at Mina
- 2003: Another 244 pilgrims were killed in a stampede there.
- 2006: 363 were killed.
- 1997: A fire in a tent in Mina killed 340 people and injured more than 1,400 more.
- 1991: Two separate plane crashes carrying pilgrims back home from Saudi Arabia in killed 261 and 91 people respectively.
1//2/1971: 66 football fans are killed in a stampede at a stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, as they attempt to leave a game after a late goal by the home team, simply a crush of spectators all leaving at the same time on the same stairway
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-T4TaT6ZI
Morocco: A sudden stampede for flour killed 15 and injured many more
Monday, November 20th, 2017“……Last year, wheat and barley production in Morocco was at its lowest level in a decade…… The shortage was due to “inadequate rainfall during the planting season and the shortage of rain during the critical months of February and March.”
Wheat is a staple in Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa……. The average Moroccan consumes more than 440 pounds of wheat every year, one of the highest per capita rates in the world……”