The stampede that killed at least 153 people at a Halloween party in Seoul on Saturday night is one of the deadliest mass movements in the past decade.
The deadliest riots in history were:
Mecca: 2,300 dead
On September 24, 2015, an event described as a trampling caused 2,300 deaths among pilgrims who were suffocated or crushed during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, making it the deadliest catastrophe in the history of the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. were Muslims.
The riots, according to testimonies, started with the closure of a road and the mismanagement of the flow of people by the security forces. Iran, which lost 464 of its faithful, criticized Saudi Arabia for the precarious organization of the event.
Cambodia: 456 dead
On November 22, 2010, a stampede in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the celebration of the Water Festival, held on the banks of the Tonlé Sap River, attended by two million people, left 456 dead and 755 injured, most of them trapped on a bridge connecting the capital to the island of Koh Pich.
Indonesia: 133 dead
On October 1, 2022, Indonesian police attempted to tear gas to a crowd of football supporters, causing a disorderly escape at a stadium in eastern Java island, killing at least 133 people, including more than 40 children.
Many victims were trampled or suffocated trying to reach the gates, which were either closed or too narrow.
Six people, including three police officers, were charged and a deputy was transferred to another region.
India: 115 dead
On October 13, 2013, a religious festival in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh ended with at least 115 dead, trampled or drowned and more than 110 injured.
About 20,000 people were on a bridge over the Sindh River when, according to local authorities, a rumor of its possible collapse caused panic.
Ivory Coast: 60 dead
On January 1, 2013, at least 60 people – many of them young people – died after a riot among a crowd watching fireworks in Abidjan.
Iran: 56 dead
On January 7, 2020, a riot at the funeral procession of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Kerman left 56 dead among the crowd present.
Belarus: 55 dead
On May 30, 1999, 55 people died in a human avalanche that occurred in a tunnel of a metro station in Minsk, Belarus, where thousands of people took refuge from a storm, most of them teenagers, who had attended a concert during the ” Beer festival”.
Ethiopia: 52 dead
At least 52 people, or more than 100 according to the opposition, were killed on October 2, 2016, in a riot in Bishoftu, 50 kilometers south-east of Addis Ababa, after clashes with police during the traditional festival marking the end, according to authorities. of the rainy season.
Tanzania: 45 dead
On March 21, 2021, 45 people died in a riot at the stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s economic capital, where a tribute to the late President John Magufuli was celebrated.
Israel: 45 dead
On April 30, 2021, a riot during the pilgrimage to mark the Jewish festival of Lag Baomer on Mount Meron in northern Israel caused the death of at least 45 people.
Source: DN
