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Name	Est. Deaths	Year	Place	City	State	Country	Gathering Type	Description

Name	Est. Deaths	Year	Place	City	State	Country	Gathering Type	Description
1807 Newgate disaster	34	1807	Newgate Prison	London		United Kingdom	Execution	Dozens of spectators were crushed to death when part of a crowd of around 40,000 witnessing an execution surged forward after a wooden cart collapsed, killing 27–34 people.
Carnival tragedy of 1823	110	1823		Valletta		Malta	Holiday	About 110 boys died in a crush while attempting to leave the Convent of the Minori Osservanti during Carnival celebrations.
Theatre Royal disaster	65	1849		Glasgow	Scotland	United Kingdom	Other Recreation	Crush occurred at the Theatre Royal, Dunlop Street, when audience members rushed to escape the building during a fire.
Ninth Ward School disaster	43	1851		New York City		United States	School	Students suffocated after a staircase bannister failed while they were fleeing a possible fire, causing them to pile up at the bottom of the staircase.
Unnamed	20	1865		Dundee	Scotland	United Kingdom	Other Recreation	A crush occurred during admissions into Bell Street Hall for an upcoming promenade. The main entrance for the music hall was a downward flight of stairs with a set of inward opening gates. When the gates were opened, the force of the crowd pushed those in front down the areaway, which caused a pile-up that ultimately killed 20 people, three-quarters being between the ages of 12 and 18.
Unnamed	19	1872		Ostrowo		Poland	Religion	19 women and children were killed in a crowd crush and resulting stairs collapse in a synagogue in during the fast of Yom Kippur. A failure of the gas lighting plunged a synagogue balcony (apparently, the women's gallery) into darkness, causing panic among the women.
Brooklyn Theatre fire	278	1876		Brooklyn	New York	United States	Other Recreation	Crushes on gallery and balcony staircases during the fire delayed the evacuation of the building, a contributing factor in the reported deaths.
Unnamed	12	1883		New York City		United States	Transportation	Dozens of others injured after a woman tripped on the stairway of the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been open for eight days at the time. The crush was exacerbated by fears the bridge was about to collapse.
Victoria Hall disaster	183	1883		Sunderland	England	United Kingdom	Other Recreation	183 children aged between 3 and 14 were crushed when over 1,100 children surged down a blocked stairway to collect gifts from the entertainers after the end of a variety show.
Unnamed	40	1883		Ziwonka	Podolia	Russia	Religion	False shouts of fire in the women's gallery in the synagogue caused a crush as people rushed towards the exit.
Exeter Theatre Royal fire	183	1887		Exeter	England	United Kingdom	Other Recreation	Deaths due to inadequate and obstructed fire-escapes.
Khodynka Tragedy	1,389	1896	Khodynka Field	Moscow		Russia	Politics	Crush of those desiring to get presents during the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II – 1,300 more were injured.
Shiloh Baptist Church stampede	115	1902		Birmingham	Alabama	United States	Religion	Crush following a false fire alarm at a convention featuring Booker T. Washington.
Iroquois Theatre fire	602	1903		Chicago		United States	Other Recreation	Most deaths caused by crush asphyxiation in the rush to escape.
Barnsley Public Hall disaster	16	1908		Barnsley	England	United Kingdom	Other Recreation	Children attempting to view a show were crushed on the stairs when the hall became overcrowded, resulting in the deaths of 16 children.
Collinwood school fire	175	1908		Collinwood	Ohio	United States	School	One rescue worker, two teachers, and 172 children between the ages of five and fifteen were killed. Most of the children were killed in a stairwell when some were trying to escape down the stairs while others, who had found escape impossible that way, were trying to flee up the stairs.
Italian Hall disaster	73	1913		Calumet	Michigan	United States	Other Recreation	The event is considered the source for the often-cited legal limit of protected speech, i.e., that one may not falsely shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
Bolivar crowd crush	70	1918		Paris		France	Military	Following a bomb attack during World War I, Parisians tried to enter the Bolivar metro station, but the gates down the stairs only opened to the outside. The first rows of the crowd were crushed or suffocated by those behind them, killing 60–70.
Glen Cinema disaster	71	1929		Paisley	Scotland	United Kingdom	Other Recreation	Caused by a smoking film canister. The resulting panic and crush initially killed 69 children and injured 40; two others later succumbed.
Kyoto Railroad Station tragedy	76	1934		Kyoto		Japan	Military	A crowd of about 10,000 saying farewell to 750 recruits of the Imperial Japanese Navy collapsed at the bottom of a stairway from a viaduct leading over the tracks down to the platform. The number far exceeded the station's capacity.
Chongqing tunnel massacre	461	1941		Chongqing		China	Military	Thousands rushed to the Shiba Ti Tunnel bomb shelter during the Japanese Bombing of Chongqing in the Second Sino-Japanese War and were locked from the outside. Crowding and lack of oxygen caused a stampede to get out, crushing many.
Unnamed	354	1942		Genoa		Italy	Military	Crowd crush during an attack by the RAF Bomber Command in World War II as they made their way into Galleria delle Grazie, a railway tunnel used as an air-raid shelter. Rushing down the 150 steps leading underground into the shelter, people fell on top of one another.
Bethnal Green tube station disaster	173	1943		London		United Kingdom	Military	People were entering the station during an air-raid alert during World War II, and a woman holding a child lost her footing and fell down the stairs, leading to the crowd falling around her in a crush.
Hartford circus fire	168	1944		Hartford	Connecticut	United States	Other Recreation	A fire broke out at a performance of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Many died after being trampled by other spectators, with some asphyxiating underneath the piles of people who fell over each other. Most of the dead were found in piles, some three bodies deep, at the most congested exits. A small number of people were found alive at the bottoms of these piles, protected by the bodies on top of them when the burning big top ultimately fell down.
Burnden Park disaster	33	1946		Bolton	England	United Kingdom	Sports	At an FA Cup Quarter-final between Bolton Wanderers and Stoke City, the collapse of two crash barriers in an overcrowded stand led to the crowd falling forward upon each other.
Santa Teresa Church tragedy	53	1952		Caracas		Venezuela	Religion	Occurred when someone shouted "Fire!" in the Basilica of St. Teresa. 40 people were arrested in connection with the crush. Two men who were arrested on the day of the crush were released. The panic started when an elderly devotee brushed against the veil which was holding candles in the head, making a small fire that alarmed those responsible for the panic.
Stalin funeral stampede	109	1953		Moscow		Soviet Union	Funeral	A crush in Trubnaya Square during the state funeral of Joseph Stalin.
1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede	800	1954		Allahabad		India	Religion	A surging crowd broke through the barriers separating them from a procession of sadhus and holy men of various akharas, resulting in a crush that killed 500–800.
Unnamed	124	1956		Yahiko	Niigata	Japan	Religion	New Year panic and crush at the Yahiko Shinto shrine.
Busan Stadium crush	67	1959		Busan		South Korea	Sports	Heavy rain forced spectators to rush towards the upper sections of the municipal stadium, leading to the crush.
Seoul Station crush	31	1960		Seoul		South Korea	Holiday	Occurred two days before the Lunar New Year when many people were returning to their hometowns. About 3,900 people, more than three times the average crowd, flocked to the ticket gate, where 200 tickets were sold for a train with a capacity of 80 people.
Estadio Nacional disaster	328	1964		Lima		Peru	Sports	In the worst disaster in association football history, fans disputing a referee's decision during a match between Peru and Argentina began a pitch invasion and police fired tear gas canisters into one of the grandstands to prevent more fans from invading the field, causing panic so that departing spectators moved down the enclosed stairways, pressing those in the lead against solid corrugated steel shutters at the bottom of tunnels, which were closed. The shutters finally burst outward from pressure of the crush of bodies inside. All of those that died were killed in the jammed stairwells, most from internal haemorrhaging by crushing pressure, or by asphyxia. An additional 500 people were injured, many critically.
Puerta 12 Tragedy	71	1968		Buenos Aires		Argentina	Sports	Fans were caught in a crush at the bottom of the stairs leaving through Gate 12 (Puerta 12 in Spanish) of El Monumental Stadium after a derby between River Plate and Boca Juniors. The exact cause for this crush is not certain, though rival fans might have been throwing burning paper, causing a panic. Other accounts say that the gate was closed, either by police or by other fans, intentionally or unintentionally. Still others argue that it was a simple matter of too many fans going through a gate that was narrower than the staircase leading to it. The disaster remains the deadliest sports-related event in Argentine history.
Second Ibrox Disaster	66	1971		Glasgow		United Kingdom	Sports	Stairway barriers collapsed after someone fell as fans were leaving the Ibrox Stadium following a match between Rangers and Celtic, leading to a crush. The tragedy included many children who died, and most of the deaths were caused by compressive asphyxia, with bodies being stacked up to six feet deep in the area. More than 200 others were injured.
The Who concert disaster	11	1979		Cincinnati	Ohio	United States	Concert or Festival	Crush at a concert by The Who at the Riverfront Coliseum. The incident led to a reduced use of festival seating at U.S. venues.
Unnamed	7	1980		Fortaleza	Ceará	Brazil	Religion	On the 10th day of Pope John Paul II's visit to Brazil, in an effort to get good seats, the crowd at the Castelao Stadium broke down an unguarded gate and trampled those killed in the rush.
Karaiskakis Stadium disaster	21	1981		Piraeus		Greece	Sports	While some fans were exiting the stadium after a match between Olympiacos and AEK Athens, some lost their balance and fell on the last steps; soon dozens fell onto each other and were stepped over by a horde of unsuspecting fans who kept coming. 19 people died at the scene, while two more died of their wounds in hospital. At least 55 were wounded.
Luzhniki disaster	66	1982		Moscow		Soviet Union	Sports	A crush began at a UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem at Luzhniki Stadium after a person fell and a dense moving crowd, their direction limited by metal banisters, pushed over the fallen, crushing them. Others stumbled over the bodies in a domino effect creating a large chain-reaction pile-up of people.
Heysel Stadium disaster	39	1985		Brussels		Belgium	Sports	A crush occurred by a collapsing wall when fans escaping a confrontation between competing fan groups were pressed against it in the stadium before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus. 600 were injured, and the disaster was later described as "the darkest hour in the history of the UEFA competitions."
Unnamed	28	1987		Shanyang County	Shaanxi Province	China	School	At around 7 a.m., children rushed out of their classrooms at Chengguan Primary School after a bell called all pupils to attend a weekly school assembly on the sports field. One metal door at one end of the building was locked, causing the children from all 18 classes to rush down an unlighted stairwell to the only other exit, and some in the front fell over.
Kathmandu Stadium disaster	93	1988		Kathmandu		Nepal	Sports	Football fans at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium attending a Tribhuvan Challenge Shield match between Janakpur Cigarette Factory and Bangladeshi side Liberation Army surged towards the only cover during a hailstorm. The crowd was beaten back by police, but when they returned to the south terrace, a crush developed in a tunnel exit through the terrace and could not escape because the stadium doors were locked, causing a fatal crush at the front of the crowd. 100 more were injured.
Unnamed	2	1988		Leicestershire	England	United Kingdom	Concert or Festival	Fans died during a Guns N' Roses concert at a Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park where they were crushed to death after a 50-person crowd collapse following a surge, 15 yards from the stage. Rolling Stone reported the band members said they stopped playing several times to try to calm fans. Upon exiting the stage, Axl Rose shouted to fans to have a good day and "... don't kill yourselves," but was unaware of the deaths at the time. The head of concert security, present at the scene, wrote a presentation paper about the event for a seminar on mass crowd events.
Hillsborough disaster	97	1989		Sheffield		United Kingdom	Sports	In one of the world's worst football disasters, 766 people others were injured at Hillsborough Stadium during an FA Cup match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The intensity of the crush broke the barriers on the terraces, while those trapped were packed so tightly in the pens that many victims died of compressive asphyxia while still standing. The 1990 official inquiry concluded that the primary cause was the failure of police control, as too many people were let into the stadium. A 2012 reinvestigation concluded that crowd safety was compromised at every level by lack of police control.
Khomeini funeral crush	8	1989		Tehran		Iran	Funeral	Crush as millions flocked to the coffin of Ayatollah Khomeini as it was being moved through downtown Tehran, forcing the military to transport the body to Behesht-e Zahra cemetery using a helicopter.
1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy	1,426	1990		Mina	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Religion	A blockage at an exit of a pedestrian tunnel (Al-Ma'aisim tunnel) leading out from Mecca towards Mina and the Plains of Arafat led to deaths by suffocation of many religious pilgrims while they were traveling to perform the Stoning of the Devil ritual during the Hajj.
Orkney Stadium Disaster	40	1991		Orkney	North West	South Africa	Sports	Crush at a football match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates attended by about 30,000 fans in a stadium with a capacity for 23,000. When brawls broke out, people panicked, and trying to escape, were crushed against riot-control fences in the melee.
AC/DC crowd crush	3	1991		Salt Lake City		United States	Concert or Festival	Crush at an AC/DC concert attended by 13,294 fans at the Salt Palace, with 4,400 of those had "festival style seating." Two 14-year-old boys and a 19-year-old woman were crushed to death as the crowd surged toward the stage as the band played "Thunderstruck."
Unnamed	42	1991	Chalma sanctuary		Mexico State	Mexico	Religion	An additional 55 religious pilgrims were injured after being overwhelmed by a crowd trying to enter the atrium of the sanctuary church to receive the divine signal from the ashes. The crowd pushed on for access to the atrium, with most of the dead and injured being trampled.
1991 Taiyuan Illumination show crush	105	1991	Jikong Bridge	Taiyuan	Shanxi Province	China	Concert or Festival	Large crowds of unknown size arrived in Yingze Park to see lanterns at a light festival. Crowds moving in opposite directions were crossing a poorly lit bridge. Some fell into the water and were drowned; others were killed in the crowd collapse and crush on the west side of the bridge. In all, 105 people were killed and 108 more were injured.
Unnamed	9	1991		New York City		United States	Sports	At an oversold charity basketball game featuring rap stars, 29 others were injured while entering an overcrowded gymnasium while funneling through a small stairwell area at the City College of New York.
Lan Kwai Fong Tragedy	21	1993		Lan Kwai Fong		Hong Kong	Holiday	67 others injured as a crowd of 15,000 to 20,000 revelers celebrated New Year's Eve in the city's nightclub district, controlled by 118 police officers. The victims were mostly teenagers and young people in their 20s. The Independent reported witnesses as saying it was impossible to distinguish between the yelps of the partying crowd and the victims' agonized screams.
1994 Hajj stampede	270	1994	Jamarat Bridge		Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Religion	Hajj pilgrims were killed and injured during a crowd crush at the Stoning of the Devil ritual.
1994 Gowari stampede	113	1994		Nagpur	Maharashtra	India	Politics	Gowari people in a political protest, mostly women and children, perished in a crush triggered by cane-wielding police who attempted to prevent the estimated crowd of 40,000 from pressing towards the Vidan Bhavan. 500 others were injured.
Arad Festival disaster	3	1995		Arad		Israel	Concert or Festival	In a music festival a large crowd was pushed against a gate, causing it to collapse, killing two people instantly and injuring another who later died of her injuries.
16 October disaster	83	1996		Guatemala City		Guatemala	Sports	147 others were injured on the steep stairway of Estadio Mateo Flores prior to a World Cup qualifying match between Guatemala and Costa Rica. The crowd was estimated at 50,000 in the stadium designed to seat 37,500.
Unnamed	118	1998		Mecca		Saudi Arabia	Religion	Hajj pilgrims were trampled to death, 180 more injured in an incident on the Jamarat Bridge.
1999 Sabarimala stampede	53	1999	Sabarimala shrine		Kerala	India	Religion	When a landslide caused a cave-in during a Hindu pilgrimage on the day of Makara Jyothi, panic ensued and 200,000 male devotees panicked as the hill upon which they stood collapsed into the temple. The BBC reported that "Some of the dead were buried in the collapse, but most died in a stampede to avoid the landslide."
Nyamiha stampede	53	1999		Minsk		Belarus	Concert or festival	A sudden thunderstorm caused a number of young people to race for nearby shelter during an open-air concert. The crowd was funneled toward the underpass of the Nyamiha metro station and many were killed when they started slipping on the wet pavement, falling and trampling each other.
Air & Style crowd crush	6	1999		Innsbruck		Austria	Sports	Severe crowd accumulation at one exit of Bergisel Stadium went unnoticed. Darkness, a steep slope and a slippery surface were contributing factors, but "panic did not occur at any time." Four others were left in a vegetative state, and 38 were injured.
Throb nightclub disaster	13	2000		Chatsworth	KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	Nightclub	Children killed and 100 injured after a panic that broke out after a teargas canister detonated during a party for 600 children.
Roskilde Festival disaster	9	2000		Roskilde		Denmark	Concert or Festival	Occurred as the crowd rushed the stage. Another 26 people were injured, 3 of them seriously.
Unnamed	12	2000		Harare		Zimbabwe	Sports	Spectators at a World Cup qualifier between Zimbabwe and South Africa died trying to leave the National Sports Stadium after police fired tear gas to control the crowd.
2001 Hajj stampede	35	2001		Mina		Saudi Arabia	Religion	Hajj pilgrims trampled in a crowd crush during the Stoning of the Devil ritual.
Ellis Park Stadium disaster	43	2001		Johannesburg		South Africa	Sports	Crush during a football match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
Accra Sports Stadium disaster	127	2001		Accra		Ghana	Sports	Crush at a football match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak after police fired tear gas at rioters.
Akashi crowd crush	11	2001		Akashi		Japan	Other Recreation	247 others injured by a crowd crush after a fireworks show.
Unnamed	7	2001		Sofia		Bulgaria	Nightclub	Children aged 10 to 14 killed on the stairway leading to the entrance of a discothèque.
Unnamed	14	2003		Mina		Saudi Arabia	Religion	Occurred during the Stoning of the Devil ritual of the Hajj pilgrimage.
2003 E2 nightclub stampede	21	2003		Chicago		United States	Nightclub	Crush in the stairway exit to the nightclub, after a pepper spray was used on an upper-story dance floor.
The Station nightclub fire	100	2003		West Warwick	Rhode Island	United States	Nightclub	Many of the victims trampled.
2004 Hajj stampede	251	2004		Mina		Saudi Arabia	Religion	Occurred at Jamarat Bridge during the Stoning of the Devil ritual of the Hajj.
2004 Miyun stampede	37	2004		Miyun County	Beijing	China	Concert or Festival	15 others injured in a crowd crush during Lantern Festival in Mihong Park.
Saree Stampede	21	2004		Lucknow		India	Aid	Women were killed in a crush after people rushed to collect free sarees.
Unnamed	3	2004		Jeddah		Saudi Arabia	Shopping	IKEA shop crush.
Mandher Devi temple stampede	291	2005		Maharashtra		India	Religion	Hindu pilgrims surged near Mandhradevi temple.
Unnamed	7	2005		Tehran		Iran	Sports	Crush after Iran - Japan match ( 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification ) when leaving Azadi Stadium.
2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster	953	2005		Baghdad		Iraq	Religion	Rumors among Shiite pilgrims of a suicide bomber led to mass panic and a crush on the bridge, killing many before it finally collapsed.
2005 December Chennai stampede	42	2005		Chennai		India	Aid	Crush as flood relief supplies were handed out to homeless refugees.
2006 Hajj stampede	345	2006		Mina		Saudi Arabia	Religion	Occurred at Jamarat Bridge during the Stoning of the Devil ritual of the Hajj.
Unnamed	3	2006		São Paulo		Brazil	Concert or Festival	Crush at an overcrowded concert by Mexican group RBD. The concert took place at a supermarket parking lot.
PhilSports Arena Stampede	78	2006		Pasig	Metro Manila	Philippines	Other Recreation	Crush at the venue of the first anniversary celebrations of ABS-CBN 's variety show Wowowee.
Unnamed	51	2006		Ibb Governorate		Yemen	Politics	More than 200 others injured in a crush at a campaign rally.
Unnamed	12	2007		Chililabombwe		Zambia	Sports	Crush at the end of a football game between Zambia and Republic of Congo.
Unnamed	14	2007		Mughalsarai	Uttar Pradesh	India	Transportation	Women were crushed to death at a train station.
Unnamed	6	2007		Sunchon		North Korea	Execution	Crush after a crowd of 15,000 watched a public execution in a stadium, 34 others injured.
Unnamed	3	2007		Chongqing		China	Shopping	More than 30 others injured at a Carrefour when the supermarket was offering 20% discounts on cooking oil.
2008 Bandung stampede	11	2008		Bandung		Indonesia	Concert or Festival	Crush at the launching album concert of the metal band Beside.
Unnamed	9	2008		Ashok Nagar	Madhya Pradesh	India	Religion	More than a dozen others injured at a temple crush during a pilgrimage.
New's Divine nightclub tragedy	12	2008		Mexico City		Mexico	Nightclub	13 others injured at a nightclub crush during a police raid.
Naina Devi stampede	142	2008		Himachal Pradesh		India	Religion	47 others injured in a stampede at the Naina Devi temple after a rain shelter collapsed, which worshipers mistakenly took to be a landslide.
Unnamed	11	2008		Butembo		Democratic Republic of Congo	Sports	Rumors of players using witchcraft led to rioting at a football match which was dispersed by police using tear gas, causing the crush.
2008 Jodhpur stampede	224	2008		Jodhpur		India	Religion	425 others injured at the Chamunda Devi temple in a panic caused by a rumor that a bomb was planted in the temple complex. Local authorities, however, blamed steep, slippery slopes leading to the temple.
Unnamed	20	2008		Tabora		Tanzania	Other Recreation	Children died in a crush in an overcrowded children's dance hall.
Unnamed	1	2008		Long Island	New York	United States	Holiday	A worker died at a Wal-Mart after being trampled in a Black Friday crowd surge.
Houphouët-Boigny Arena stampede	19	2009		Abidjan		Côte d'Ivoire	Sports	130 others injured as fans tried to squeeze into the stadium for a World Cup qualifier between Côte d'Ivoire and Malawi.
Unnamed	5	2009		Delhi		India	School	Students were killed and 33 injured, all adolescent girls, at a Government Secondary School. Students had arrived at school in pouring rain, and a panic was triggered by a rumor that accumulated rainwater had become electrically charged. A crush occurred on a stairway when opposing traffic overwhelmed the capacity of the stairway.
Unnamed	8	2009		Xiangxiang	Hunan Province	China	School	7 boys and one girl aged between 11 and 14 years old were killed and 26 injured in result of a crush in Yucai Middle School. 52 evening classes were dismissed at the same time, and the crush occurred when most of the students tried to exit down the same stairwell. It was raining outside, and that particular stairwell was closest to the dormitories.
Pratapgarh stampede	71	2010		Kunda Pratapgarh	Uttar Pradesh	India	Religion	Over 200 others injured at Ram Janki Temple in a crush after the gates of the temple collapsed.
Love Parade disaster	21	2010		Duisburg		Germany	Other Recreation	More than 500 others injured during crowd turbulences.
Phnom Penh stampede	347	2010		Phnom Penh		Cambodia	Concert or Festival	Crowd crush during a water festival near the Royal Palace.
2011 Sabarimala crowd crush	102	2011		Kerala		India	Religion	100 others injured by a crowd crush near Sabarimala temple.
Unnamed	3	2011		Budapest		Hungary	Nightclub	Women died and 14 people were injured in a crush at the severely overcrowded West Balkans discothèque.
Unnamed	12	2011		Port Harcourt		Nigeria	Politics	Crush after a PDP political rally after guards did not open a larger gate, and shot into the air to try to disperse the crowds.
Unnamed	2	2011		Northampton	England	United Kingdom	Nightclub	Nightclub exit crush at Lava Ignite Northampton after public-address system announcements that people would miss their return coaches unless they left immediately. Overcrowding and a fire alarm contributed to a crush on the stairs.
Unnamed	16	2011		Haridwar	Uttarakhand	India	Religion	Crush during a religious ceremony on the banks of the Ganges river.
Unnamed	2	2011		Jakarta		Indonesia	Sports	During a sold-out soccer final for the Southeast Asian Games between Indonesia and Malaysia at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, fans without tickets waiting outside rushed in when a gate was temporarily opened.
Unnamed	1	2012		Johannesburg		South Africa	School	20 others injured in a crush at the front gates of the University of Johannesburg after they had begun processing application for their remaining university slots.
Port Said Stadium riot	74	2012		Port Said		Egypt	Sports	In the Port Said Stadium, Al Masry fans attacked Al-Ahly fans, caused a crush that left 200 others injured.
Unnamed	3	2012		Cairo		Egypt	Funeral	137 others injured in a crush as thousands gathered to view the body of Coptic Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in Cathedral Square in the Abbassiya neighborhood.
2012 Madrid Arena tragedy	5	2012		Madrid		Spain	Holiday	Girls died in a panic-driven stampede during a Halloween party at the Madrid Arena.
Unnamed	18	2012		Patna	Bihar	India	Religion	Crush occurred during Chhath Puja at the Adalat Ganj area ghat. At least 20 more were also injured, several critically. While it was originally believed that a collapsed bamboo bridge was the cause, later investigations determined that electricity being cut to the ghat was what led to panic.
2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede	60	2013		Abidjan		Côte d'Ivoire	Holiday	26 children among those killed, and more than 200 injured at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny during a New Year 's fireworks celebration.
Unnamed	10	2013		Luanda		Angola	Funeral	120 others injured as they tried to enter the overcrowded Estádio da Cidadela for a New Year's Eve vigil.
Kiss nightclub fire	242	2013		Santa Maria	Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	Nightclub	168 others injured as a result of a nightclub fire. According to local authorities the fire began on stage after members of the band flared a pyrotechnic device that ignited flammable acoustic foam in the ceiling. Other reasons for the high death toll included the lack of emergency exits and the excessive number of people present.
2013 Kumbh Mela stampede	36	2013		Allahabad		India	Religion	During the Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, a crowd crush at the train station injured 39 others.
Unnamed	4	2013		Lagos		Nigeria	Religion	At least 13 others injured during a crush of churchgoers trying to get free holy water that was being distributed at the Synagogue, Church of All Nations.
Unnamed	17	2013		Nabire	Papua	Indonesia	Sports	Spectators died escaping the Kota Lama Sport Stadium when a riot broke out after a boxing match.
2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede	115	2013		Datia district	Madhya Pradesh	India	Religion	During the Hindu festival Navratri, a crush near the Ratangarh Mata Temple injured more than 100 others.
Unnamed	28	2013		Uke	Anambra state	Nigeria	Funeral	Shortly after a vigil at the Holy Ghost Adoration Center, 200 others injured in a crush on one of the narrow roads leading out of the town, though the center was over capacity.
Unnamed	14	2014		Xiji County	Ningxia	China	Funeral	Crush at the Beida Mosque due to mismanagement of crowds at the commemoration of a late religious figure.
2014 Mumbai stampede	18	2014		Mumbai		India	Funeral	At least 40 more were injured, when crowds coming to mourn Muslim spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin became trapped against a gate at his residence.
2014 Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment tragedy	24	2014		Various		Nigeria	Politics	Up to 24 recruits were killed and more than 119 were injured at several stadiums and other venues across Nigeria when 520,000 applicants were invited to take the aptitude test and physical exercises in order to get one of 4,556 available positions with the Nigerian Immigration Service. As many as one million might have shown up for the event at one of its 37 sites. In many cases, security forces fired their rifles into the air for crowd control, which triggered deadly panics. In at least one location the release of teargas had the same effect. In several locations there was no effective queuing, and all candidates had to enter the stadium through a single door.
Unnamed	14	2014		Kikwit		Democratic	Concert or Festival	During a memorial concert for singer King Kester Emeneya, power was lost to the stadium and a crush formed at the exit.
2014 Stade Tata Raphaël disaster	15	2014		Kinshasa		Democratic	Sports	Crush at a football match between TP Mazembe and Vita Club when police fired a tear gas canister in order to control the crowds.
Unnamed	34	2014		Conakry		Guinea	Concert or Festival	Crush at the end of a rap concert after the attendees tried to leave the venue through a small gate.
2014 Patna stampede	32	2014		Patna		India	Religion	26 others injured in a crowd crush shortly after the Dussehra celebrations at the Gandhi Maidan.
2014 Multan stampede	7	2014		Multan District	Punjab	Pakistan	Politics	40 others injured as a result of a crush at Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium after a speech of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman, Imran Khan. The latter alleged that only two gates of the venue were opened at the end of the rally and the lights were also switched off, but this was later denied by the DCO and local authorities.
Kwekwe stadium stampede	11	2014		Kwekwe		Zimbabwe	Religion	40 others injured in a crush.
2014 Shanghai stampede	36	2014		Shanghai		China	Holiday	42 others injured in a crush during New Year's celebrations at The Bund.
30 June Stadium stampede	28	2015		Cairo		Egypt	Sports	Crush at a football game.
2015 Haiti Carnival stampede	16	2015		Port-au-Prince		Haiti	Concert or Festival	Crush during the Shrove Tuesday festival after a man was electrocuted by high-voltage wires.
Unnamed	23	2015		Mymensingh		Bangladesh	Aid	50 others injured following a crush at a free clothing drive.
Unnamed	27	2015	Godavari River		Andhra Pradesh	India	Religion	Pilgrims died in a crush on the banks of the Godavari River. The Hindu pilgrims had gathered to take a dip in the river at the start of the Maha Pushkaralu festival.
Unnamed	11	2015		Jharkhand		India	Religion	At least 50 more injured when people rushing the queue crushed those who fell and were asleep at the Baidyanath Temple.
2015 Mina stampede	2,400	2015		Mina		Saudi Arabia	Religion	Overcrowding incident during the Hajj pilgrimage. A further 934 were injured.
Unnamed	3	2015		Bydgoszcz		Poland	Other Recreation	Crush during a party at the University of Technology and Life Sciences resulted over a dozen other injuries.
Unnamed	12	2015		Taloqan		Afghanistan	School	Girls aged ten to fifteen were killed and another 42 were injured in a crush on a stairway while trying to escape the school during the 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake.
2016 Ethiopian protests	300	2016		Various		Ethiopia	Holiday	Occurred during the annual thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people after police confronted protesters during the 2016 Ethiopian protests, resulting in a crush. The opposition political party Oromo Federalist Congress, claimed the number of people confirmed dead was 678. While the government claimed only tear gas and rubber bullets were fired by security forces on the ground as well as from the helicopter, eyewitness as well as some videos allegedly from the scene show security forces firing what seemed to be live rounds of ammunition.
Unnamed	24	2016		Varanasi		India	Religion	Occurred near the Rajghat Bridge when many times the expected number of people were heading towards a religious retreat, causing a crush, and later a stampede due to rumors that the bridge had collapsed.
Unnamed	6	2017		Sagar Island	West Bengal	India	Religion	Occurred while pilgrims were trying to board vessels to Kolkata ahead of high tide, after a religious festival on the island.
Unnamed	17	2017		Uíge		Angola	Sports	At least 61 others injured, during a crush in the Estádio 4 de Janeiro ahead of the opening match of the Angolan football season while trying to enter the stadium before a match between Santa Rita de Cássia FC and Recreativo do Libolo.
Unnamed	8	2017		Lusaka		Zambia	Aid	28 others injured during a crush over food aid from a church group.
Unnamed	2	2017		Olavarría	Buenos Aires Province	Argentina	Concert or Festival	A dozen more injured during an overcrowded concert.
Unnamed	2	2017		Puyang	Henan Province	China	School	20 more injured in a crush during a passing period at a primary school.
Resorts World Manila attack	40	2017		Pasay	Metro Manila	Philippines	Other Recreation	Crush during the evacuation of the Resorts World Manila complex after a gunman opened fire and burned casino gambling equipment.
2017 Turin stampede	3	2017		Turin		Italy	Sports	More than 1,500 others were injured when panic erupted during a screening of the UEFA Champions League Final between Juventus and Real Madrid.
Unnamed	8	2017		Lilongwe		Malawi	Holiday	7 of the dead were children. At least 40 others injured during a crush at the Bingu National Stadium during the nation's independence day celebrations while trying to enter before a match between Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers F.C.
Unnamed	8	2017		Dakar		Senegal	Sports	60 more injured in a crush when a wall collapsed at Demba Diop stadium as police fired tear gas at both sets of fans after a Senegalese League Cup final game between US Ouakam and Stade de Mbour.
Unnamed	2	2017		Johannesburg		South Africa	Sports	17 more injured in a crush while trying to enter the FNB Stadium before a match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates.
Unnamed	3	2017		Cox's Bazar		Bangladesh	Aid	Rohingya refugees died trying to collect clothing and food aid at Balukhali refugee camp.
Unnamed	22	2017		Mumbai		India	Transportation	Hundreds more injured in a crush following heavy rains in a footbridge between Parel and Elphinstone road stations.
Unnamed	3	2017		Simaria	Bihar	India	Religion	3 women died, and at least 10 other people were injured, on the banks of the Ganges in Simaria Ghat of Begusarai District during Kartik Purnima.
Unnamed	15	2017		Sidi Boulaalam		Morocco	Aid	15 women were killed and 40 women injured after breaking down barriers during a food-aid distribution.
Unnamed	10	2017		Chittagong		Bangladesh	Funeral	At least 50 more injured during a funeral ritual for former mayor A.B.M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury when people tried to rush down a sloped gateway into the Rima Community Center.
Unnamed	1	2018		Rohtas district	Bihar	India	Military	At least 4 more injured during an army recruitment drive when the crowd waiting rushed through the gates to get inside.
Unnamed	1	2018		Freetown		Sierra Leone	Politics	20 more injured during the presidential inauguration of Julius Maada Bio when a group of spectators trying to enter the venue through the wrong passage were forced back by police, causing the crush.
Unnamed	10	2018		Chittagong		Bangladesh	Religion	A further 50 were injured in a crush while collecting alms before Ramadan.
El Paraíso stampede	19	2018		Caracas		Venezuela	Nightclub	Stampede after a tear gas canister was detonated in a crowded club.
Unnamed	2	2018		Chennai	Tamil Nadu	India	Funeral	41 more injured, while entering the lying in state of former Chief Minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi at the Rajaji Hall.
Unnamed	1	2018		Antananarivo		Madagascar	Sports	40 more injured at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between Senegal and Madagascar, after a group of spectators became trapped between a closed entrance gate and an incoming crowd.
Unnamed	5	2018		Luanda		Angola	Sports	Seven more injured while leaving the 2018 CAF Champions League Quarterfinal Match between Primeiro de Agosto and TP Mazembe.
Corinaldo stampede	6	2018		Corinaldo	Marche	Italy	Concert or Festival	Dozens more injured in a crush as concertgoers tried to leave the packed Lanterna Azzurra club after pepper spray was fired inside.
Unnamed	3	2018		Pretoria		South Africa	Religion	Three women died in a crush at Shepherd Bushiri's Enlightened Christian Gathering Church. Preliminary reports indicate that the crush occurred after rain led to the congregation pushing each other at the show grounds.
Unnamed	3	2019		Cookstown	Northern Ireland	United Kingdom	Holiday	Teenagers killed in a crush on St Patrick's Day while queuing outside The Greenvale Hotel.
2019 Antananarivo crush	16	2019		Antananarivo		Madagascar	Concert or Festival	101 more injured in a crush before a concert on the country's 59th Independence Day at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium. The show was about to start and people believed they could enter the stadium and began to push, but the police left the doors closed.
Unnamed	5	2019		Algiers		Algeria	Concert or Festival	Teenagers and young adults killed in a crush at a Soolking rap concert.
Karbala stampede	31	2019		Karbala		Iraq	Religion	Pilgrims killed and at least 100 others injured in a crush near a major Shiite shrine while marking Ashura.
Neutro Shorty concert stampede	3	2019		Caracas		Venezuela	Concert or Festival	Teenagers killed in a crush before a concert.
Unnamed	9	2019		São Paulo		Brazil	Other	Crush after a confusion that caused panic at Paraisópolis, São Paulo.
Qasem Soleimani funeral stampede	56	2020		Kerman		Iran	Funeral	200 more injured in a crush at the funeral of general Qasem Soleimani.
Unnamed	20	2020		Moshi		Tanzania	Religion	16 more injured in crush at a church when more than 4,500 attendees were being ushered through an exit so that they could walk on "anointed oil" during a prayer meeting led by Boniface Mwamposa, a popular preacher.
Kakamega Primary School stampede	14	2020		Kakamega		Kenya	School	Pupils killed in a staircase crush when they were leaving for the day.
Unnamed	20	2020		Diffa		Niger	Aid	Crush while relief aid was being distributed, mostly to refugees from Nigeria.
2020 Maligawatta stampede	3	2020		Maligawatta		Sri Lanka	Holiday	Crush while money was being distributed, mostly to residents on the eve of Ramadan.
Los Olivos stampede	13	2020		Lima		Peru	Nightclub	6 others injured in the Los Olivos District, when the police raided the Thomas Restobar nightclub to break up an illegal gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Afghanistan Visa crush	15	2020		Jalalabad		Afghanistan	Politics	At least 15 killed (11 women) and many more injured in a crowd crush at a stadium, after thousands of people gathered to apply for permits to Pakistan when visa applications resumed after a seven-month pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Dar es Salaam stampede	45	2021		Dar es Salaam		Tanzania	Funeral	Crush at Uhuru Stadium at the wake of President John Magufuli.
2021 Meron stampede	45	2021		Meron		Israel	Religion	Dozens more critically wounded in a crush at the annual Meron pilgrimage during Lag BaOmer. Organizers estimated that 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom were Ultra-Orthodox Jews, arrived on the night of 29 April.
Astroworld Festival crowd crush	10	2021		Houston	Texas	United States	Concert or Festival	Numerous others injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival hosted by rapper Travis Scott at NRG Park. 300 people were treated for injuries, and 11 people suffered cardiac arrest.
Vaishno Devi Temple stampede	12	2022		Jammu and Kashmir		India	Religion	16 more injured during a crush at a Hindu shrine, triggered by a heavy rush of people coming to celebrate the New Year.
Yaoundé football crush	8	2022		Yaoundé		Cameroon	Sports	Crush at Olembe Stadium to watch a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations football match between Cameroon and Comoros.
Port Harcourt stampede	31	2022		Port Harcourt		Nigeria	Aid	Crush at a charity event at Port Harcourt Polo Club organised by Kings Assembly Pentecostal Church. Hundreds of people who had arrived hoping to receive free food and clothing broke through a fence, causing a panic.
Gelora Bandung Lautan Api stampede	2	2022		Bandung		Indonesia	Sports	Crush to enter the Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium to watch an Indonesia President's Cup football match between Persib Bandung and Persebaya Surabaya.
Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster	135	2022		Malang	East Java	Indonesia	Sports	Football fans killed in a stampede fleeing from tear gas fired inside the stadium after a Super East Java Derby between Arema FC versus Persebaya Surabaya led to a riot.
Seoul Halloween crowd crush	159	2022		Seoul		South Korea	Holiday	Crush at a narrow alley in the Itaewon district during Halloween celebrations; at least 172 more people were injured. In December 2022, the death of one survivor from suicide was ruled by authorities to have been caused by the disaster, legally declaring him the 159th victim.
Unnamed	11	2022		Kinshasa		Democratic	Concert or Festival	Crush at a concert headlined by music star Fally Ipupa at the Martyrs' Stadium.
Unnamed	3	2022		Asansol	West Bengal	India	Aid	Crush at a blanket distribution event organized by local politicians.
Asake concert crush	2	2022	Brixton	London		United Kingdom	Concert or Festival	Crush during entry to concert headlined by Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake at the O2 Brixton Academy.
Unnamed	7	2022		Kandukur	Andhra Pradesh	India	Politics	Crush at a political rally as crowds gathered to hear a speech by former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Freedom City mall crush	9	2023		Kampala		Uganda	Holiday	Crowds rushing to see a New Year's firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall.
Arabian Gulf Cup Stampede	4	2023		Basra		Iraq	Sports	Crush as football fans gathered at Basra International Stadium to watch the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup final between Iraq and Oman.
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake	4	2023		Aleppo and Tartus		Syria	Other	Crush that was sparked by panic from underground shocks caused by a M ww 6.3 aftershock struck near Antakya.
Unnamed	3	2023		Rochester	New York	United States	Concert or Festival	Crush as fans exited a concert by rapper GloRilla at the Main Street Armory.

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