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A person injured in a stampede at a religious gathering arrives in an ambulance at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district about 350 kilometers (217 miles) southwest of Lucknow, India, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Manoj Aligadi)
July 3, 2024, 10:05 am
121 killed in stampede at Hindu religious event in northern India
Police report says 250,000 people, mostly women, attended, though permission was only given for 80,000; authorities investigating
By Agencies
Illustrative: Men carry humanitarian aid provided by a Kuwaiti charitable organization during a distribution to displaced Yemenis on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Marib on April 6, 2023. (Photo by STR / AFP)
April 20, 2023, 4:18 am
At least 85 killed in stampede at Yemen aid distribution site
Crush occurs at school in Houthi-controlled Sana’a where charity was being disbursed ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday, in latest tragedy to strike war-ravaged country
By AFP
Injured soccer fans are brought into an emergency area at the Basra International Stadium following a stampede ahead of a match in the Arabian Gulf Cup between Iraq and Oman, in Basra, on January 19, 2023 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
January 19, 2023, 1:28 pm
Stampede outside soccer stadium in Iraq kills 1, injures dozens
Deadly crush in Basra comes as spectators gather for first international match held in country in over 40 years; 60 said hurt
By Agencies
Soccer fans enter the pitch during a clash between supporters at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Panic following police actions left over 100 dead, mostly trampled to death, police said Sunday. (AP/Yudha Prabowo)
October 2, 2022, 6:14 am
At least 125 dead in Indonesia after fans trample each other to exit soccer match
Police fire tear gas after ‘riots’ break out on pitch, causing people to panic and rush to one exit; tragedy in eastern city Malang is one of world’s deadliest stadium disasters
By Agencies
Saudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims at the site where at least 717 were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede in Mina, near the city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. (STR/AFP)
April 30, 2021, 4:26 pm
The world’s deadliest stampedes — all at pilgrimages
With at least 45 killed in Meron Lag B’Omer tragedy, Israel follows Saudi Arabia, India and Iraq as host of mass fatality crush at religious gathering
By AFP
Moroccan women filling up containers with water from a hose, in Zagora, southeastern Morocco, October 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Issam Oukhouya, File)
November 20, 2017, 3:06 am
15 dead, 10 hurt in a stampede for food aid in Morocco
Amid drought, Sidi Boulalam locals rush market for $16 supplies; King Mohammed VI says he’ll pay for hospitalization of injured and burial of deceased
By AP
A slipper of an injured commuter is seen stuck on the railing of a pedestrian bridge where a stampede took place at the Elphinstone station, in Mumbai, India, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
September 29, 2017, 1:18 pm
Stampede on crowded Indian pedestrian bridge leaves 22 dead
Another 32 wounded in crush on bridge linking two Mumbai train stations; cause of panic not clear
By RAFIQ MAQBOOL and MANISH MEHTA
A female Muslim pilgrim partakes in the symbolic stoning of the devil at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the hajj on September 1, 2017. (AFP / KARIM SAHIB)
September 1, 2017, 8:45 pm
Muslim pilgrims mark final hajj rite with ‘stoning of devil’
Ceremony takes place under heavy security after 2015 stampede at holy site left more than 2,000 pilgrims dead
By Nadera Bouazza
Muslim pilgrims walk and pray on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on the eve of Arafat Day which is the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage on August 30, 2017. (Karim Sahib/AFP)
August 31, 2017, 11:59 am
Iran pilgrims make return to hajj with bitter memories
After staying away from Mecca in 2016, in the wake of the previous year’s stampede that killed hundreds, Iranians hope that security measures have improved
By Nadera Bouazza
People march during an annual religious festival in Bishoftu, a town southeast of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. (AP Photo)
October 3, 2016, 2:28 am
52 dead in stampede at Ethiopia religious event
Dozens crushed to death as police fire tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest
By ELIAS MESERET
Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at pillars during the "Jamarat" ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on September 12, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
September 12, 2016, 5:52 pm
Under tight security, hajj pilgrims return to scene of deadly stampede
A year after an estimated 2,300 worshippers were killed, safety measures enforced at site near Mecca
By Sarah Benhaida
Muslim pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat where the Prophet Muhammed is believed to have given his final sermon, near the holy city of Mecca, on September 11, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
September 11, 2016, 7:05 pm
Hajj reaches apex as millions converge on Mount Arafat
Most important day of annual pilgrimage includes visit to site where Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad gave final sermon
By Sarah Benhaida
Muslim pilgrims from all around the world circle around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi city of Mecca on on September 9, 2016, a day before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
September 10, 2016, 7:46 am
1.5 million Muslims begin first post-stampede hajj in Mecca
Tens of thousands of Iranians absent from annual pilgrimage due to bilateral strains exacerbated by last year’s deadly crush
By Sarah Benhaida
Saudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims at the site where at least 717 were killed and hundreds wounded in a stampede in Mina, near the city of Mecca, at the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. (STR/AFP)
September 5, 2016, 5:29 pm
Ahead of hajj, Iran accuses Saudis of ‘murdering’ pilgrims
A year after stampede kills over 2,000, supreme leader levels fresh criticism at regional rival Riyadh for mismanaging annual event
By Amir Vahdat
A still image from footage of knife-wielding Palestinian teens who stabbed and wounded two Israelis in Jerusalem on Monday, October 12, 2015. (screen capture: Israel Police)
October 14, 2015, 2:05 pm
Abbas: Boy killed in ‘cold blood’; Netanyahu says speech ‘lies’
Channel 10 says Jordan has already agreed to host bilateral talks to be overseen by John Kerry
By Sara Miller
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