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# Stampede

Last year
2022
# Nigeria
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.
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May 28th 2022, 8:02 PM
# Stampede
Eight dead and 50 injured in Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon stadium crush
A baby was also reportedly trampled by the crowd but survived.
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Jan 25th 2022, 6:45 AM
# Stampede
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.
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Jan 1st 2022, 9:59 AM
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# Stampede
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.
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Aug 23rd 2020, 4:54 PM
# Stampede
Juvenile with irritant spray may have caused fatal Italian nightclub stampede
Six people died in the incident.
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Dec 9th 2018, 2:30 PM
# madagascar
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.
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Sep 9th 2018, 5:01 PM
# Germany
Love Parade organisers to face trial over stampede deaths
A stampede at the music festival killed 21 people and injured over 650 others.
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Apr 24th 2017, 9:26 PM
# Stampede
Pitt Bros is giving away free BBQ tomorrow to celebrate its new Dublin restaurant
Stand clear, BBQ doors operattin.
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Nov 29th 2016, 7:36 PM
# Absolutely Bullin
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.”
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Jul 19th 2016, 9:34 AM
# deadly stampede
40 years of tragedy: The hajj has been plagued by disaster
Over 3,980 people have died in tragedies in the hajj since 1975.
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Sep 26th 2015, 3:45 PM
# huge stampede
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.
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Sep 24th 2015, 10:57 PM
# Stampede
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.
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May 14th 2015, 12:26 PM
# Shanghai
At least 35 killed in New Year's party stampede
The tragedy occurred in Shanghai’s Bund 18 area.
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Jan 1st 2015, 9:15 PM
# Abuja
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.
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Mar 15th 2014, 12:22 PM
# Messy Monday
Seven people injured in crush outside Copper Face Jacks on Harcourt Street
One woman, 18, is in a critical condition in hospital.
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Jan 28th 2014, 7:45 AM
# News Fix
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…
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Oct 13th 2013, 9:10 PM
# India
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.
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Oct 13th 2013, 2:41 PM
# Stampede
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.
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Jun 20th 2013, 12:53 PM
# Jordan
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.
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Jan 8th 2013, 7:25 PM
# Stampede
Ten dead in Angola New Year stampede
Almost 120 people were hurt in the crush at the evangelical vigil in the Angolan capital Luanda.
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Jan 2nd 2013, 9:49 AM
# need to know
The Evening Fix…now with added 1990s Daniel Craig
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Jan 1st 2013, 7:45 PM
# Ivory Coast
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.
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Jan 1st 2013, 12:21 PM
# Hillsborough
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.
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Nov 13th 2012, 9:13 PM
# Madrid
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.
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Nov 3rd 2012, 1:41 PM
# Halloween
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.
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Nov 1st 2012, 3:18 PM
# Stampede
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.
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Jan 10th 2012, 3:24 PM
# Love Parade
In pictures: the carnage of Duisberg
Eyewitness shots capture the horror of the Love Parade stampede.
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Jul 25th 2010, 2:30 PM