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Thursday 30 November 2023 Dublin: 3°C

# Stampede

This year
2023
Pakistani police arrest eight people after 12 killed in Ramadan food stampede
Hundreds of women and children had rushed to collect free food and cash outside a factory in Karachi.
Last year
2022
More than 30 die in stampede at Nigeria church food event
A church organisation was offering food and gifts for the impoverished at the Port Harcourt Polo Club when a “mammoth” crowd got out of control.
Eight dead and 50 injured in Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon stadium crush
A baby was also reportedly trampled by the crowd but survived.
At least 12 people killed in stampede at Hindu shrine in Kashmir
An investigation has been ordered into what caused the incident at the Mata Vaishnav Devi shrine.
All time
At least 13 dead in crush at nightclub in Peru after police raid over Covid-19 violations
Six people, including three police officers, were injured.
Juvenile with irritant spray may have caused fatal Italian nightclub stampede
Six people died in the incident.
At least one person killed and nearly 40 injured after stampede at Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
Fans had queued outside the stadium nine hours before the start of the eagerly-awaited match.
Love Parade organisers to face trial over stampede deaths
A stampede at the music festival killed 21 people and injured over 650 others.
Pitt Bros is giving away free BBQ tomorrow to celebrate its new Dublin restaurant
Stand clear, BBQ doors operattin.
Herd of cattle stampeded through a Clare golf course, destroying 10 of its greens
“There was a look of shock and horror on the members’ faces after they had seen what the cattle have done.”
40 years of tragedy: The hajj has been plagued by disaster
Over 3,980 people have died in tragedies in the hajj since 1975.
Death toll from Muslim pilgrimage tragedy reaches 717
The stampede broke out during the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ ritual. Hundreds more have been injured.
102 people signed up for health insurance EVERY HOUR in April
With the 30 April looming, Irish people bit the bullet en masse and signed on the dotted line.
At least 35 killed in New Year's party stampede
The tragedy occurred in Shanghai’s Bund 18 area.
Seven jobseekers killed in Nigeria stadium stampede
Witnesses said that only one entrance at the 60,000 capacity Abuja stadium was open as the crush occurred.
Seven people injured in crush outside Copper Face Jacks on Harcourt Street
One woman, 18, is in a critical condition in hospital.
Here’s What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s talking about the shooting in Dublin, the final budget talks and the appeal for a little girl’s wheelchair to be returned…
Stampede on bridge at Hindu temple in India kills at least 60 people
Police sources said that some 20,000 people were on the bridge over the River Sindh when the stampede broke out.
Stampede at Beckham event injures seven in China
Hundreds of students and spectators tried to rush onto the grounds of the football pitch to see the former England skipper.
Torrential rains hit desert Jordan, floods sweep Middle East
In northern Jordan, relief workers distributing aid to Syrian refugees were injured in a “stampede” in a camp where hundreds of tents have been destroyed by the rains.
Ten dead in Angola New Year stampede
Almost 120 people were hurt in the crush at the evangelical vigil in the Angolan capital Luanda.
The Evening Fix…now with added 1990s Daniel Craig
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
Côte d'Ivoire: 60 children killed in stampedes during New Year fireworks
The children, aged between 8 and 15, were killed in a stampede at a stadium during a firework display.
2,400 police could be probed over Hillsborough disaster
Britain’s police watchdog says more than 2,400 police officers could be investigated over the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, in which more than 90 football fans died.
Fourth victim dies from Madrid stampede: reports
A 17-year-old girl died this morning as a result of a stampede at a Halloween night rave in Madrid.
Halloween party stampede kills three in Madrid
The huge crowd scrambled towards the exit doors in a panic apparently sparked by someone throwing a flare.
Woman dies in South Africa university stampede
A mother who accompnaying her son to an application day at the University of Johannesburg was killed in a stampede after thousands of people pushed to gain access to the campus.
In pictures: the carnage of Duisberg
Eyewitness shots capture the horror of the Love Parade stampede.