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Such crowd crushes can occur when a moving crowd is funneled into a smaller and smaller space, when it meets an obstacle (such as a dead end, or a locked door), or when an already densely packed crowd has an influx of people, causing a pressure wave toward those at the front of the crowd.
Crowd crushes are common in India where there is frequent overcrowding at religious events, festivals and public spaces. Last year, more than 120 people were killed in Hathras district, also in ...
Akashi crowd crush: Japan: Akashi: 247 others injured by a crowd crush after a fireworks show. [53] 7: 21 December 2001: Unnamed: Bulgaria: Sofia: Children aged 10 to 14 killed on the stairway leading to the entrance of a discothèque. [54] 14: 11 February 2003: Unnamed: Saudi Arabia: Mina: Occurred during the Stoning of the Devil ritual of the ...
In pictures: Kumbh Mela crowd crush. January 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM. ... Many people are feared to have been injured in a crush at a huge Hindu religious festival in northern India.
Describing the chaos at the gathering, a survivor named Rekha told Reuters the crush occurred after the preaching had ended, saying: “Anyone who fell did not get up, was trampled by the crowd ...
The crowd crush occurred during a performance by Travis Scott, founder of the Astroworld Festival (pictured here at a 2019 concert). Scott was scheduled to start his set at 8:45 p.m. but did not appear on stage until 9:02 p.m., starting his set at 9:06 p.m. [22] [25] [36] [35] His appearance resulted in a push toward it, leading to a human crush.
The aftermath of the crush in the southwest Nigerian city of Ibadan. - TVC NEWS/Reuters Nigeria, a West African nation home to more than 236 million people, has seen several deadly crowd crushes ...
The doors were left closed for up to 15 minutes as the crush worsened. [1] Nine people were crushed to death at the bottom of the staircase, while 29 others were injured. [2] The nine people killed were from various parts of New York City and surrounding areas. Jabaal Rainey was 15 and from Harlem, not far from the event.