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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 ...
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.
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 ...
At least 30 people have been killed in a crush at the world's largest religious gathering, the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela in northern India, officials say. The incident took place early on ...
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 fatalities occurred when the ramp between tunnel underpasses and the festival area overcrowded until there was a crush. [15] [16] One police officer reported that; The atmosphere was explosive. Many in the crowd seemed to be intoxicated. When people started falling off the stairs and pulling others with them, it became just chaotic.
A crowd crush at a religious gathering in northern India killed more than a hundred people Tuesday, mostly women, in one of the deadliest such incidents the country has seen in recent years.
The ensuing crowd crush in the narrow hallway led to that exit being blocked completely and resulted in numerous deaths and injuries among the patrons and staff. [10] Multiple survivors claimed that two bouncers blocked the stage door as attendees attempted to escape the building, stating the door was only to be used by the band. [24] [25]