WASHINGTON, Dec 2 — A tragic stampede at a soccer stadium in Nzerekore, southern Guinea, claimed the lives of fifty-six individuals on Sunday. The incident occurred amid clashes between fans during the final match of a local tournament featuring teams from Labe and Nzerekore, held in honor of Guinea’s military leader, Mamadi Doumbouya. The government reported the event on Monday. Below is a summary of some significant crowd disasters from recent history:
Dec. 3, 1979 — Eleven lives were lost as thousands of fans surged to enter a concert by The Who at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati.
Jan. 20, 1980 — A temporary four-story wooden structure collapsed during a bullfight in Sincelejo, Colombia, leading to approximately 200 fatalities.
Oct. 20, 1982 — A crush of fans resulted in sixty-six deaths outside Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow after a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem of the Netherlands.
May 28, 1985 — Thirty-nine people were killed due to fan violence at the European Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus at Heysel Stadium in Brussels.
March 13, 1988 — A sudden hailstorm prompted a throng of soccer fans to rush toward locked exits in Kathmandu, Nepal, resulting in ninety-three fatalities.
April 15, 1989 — At Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, ninety-seven lives were lost, with an additional victim succumbing to complications from injuries in 2021.
July 2, 1990 — The annual hajj in Saudi Arabia became tragic as 1,426 Muslim pilgrims lost their lives in and around a pedestrian tunnel leading from Mecca to Mina.
Jan. 13, 1991 — Forty-two fans were killed during a brawl at Oppenheimer Stadium in South Africa.
May 23, 1994 — A crowd crush at the hajj left 270 Muslim pilgrims dead.
Nov. 23, 1994 — A political protest in Nagpur, India, led to a deadly crush that claimed 113 lives.
Oct. 16, 1996 — A surge of fans before a World Cup qualifier between Guatemala and Costa Rica in Guatemala City resulted in eighty-four deaths and 147 injuries.
April 9, 1998 — A bridge collapse in Mecca led to the deaths of 118 hajj pilgrims.
April 11, 2001 — At least 43 individuals were crushed to death during a soccer match at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, South Africa.
May 9, 2001 — Over 120 people died after police used tear gas in an attempt to control a boisterous crowd in a stadium in Accra, Ghana, resulting in panic.
Feb. 17, 2003 — A nightclub exit stairway in Chicago became the site of a crush that killed twenty-one people.
Feb. 20, 2003 — A fire sparked by stage pyrotechnics during a Great White concert at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island led to the deaths of 100 individuals and injured over 200.
Feb. 1, 2004 — A hajj ritual at the Jamarat Bridge near Mecca resulted in the deaths of 251 people in a panic.
Jan. 25, 2005 — A rush among Hindu pilgrims near Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India, left 265 dead.
Aug. 31, 2005 — The collapse of a bridge railing during a religious procession in Baghdad led to the deaths of at least 640 Shiite Muslim pilgrims.
Jan. 12, 2006 — A crowd control issue during a hajj ceremony near Mecca resulted in 345 fatalities.
Feb. 4, 2006 — A stampede for a TV talent show audition at PhilSports Arena in Manila, Philippines, claimed the lives of seventy-eight individuals.
Sept. 30, 2008 — A panic at a temple in Jodhpur, India, led to the deaths of at least 168 Hindu pilgrims.
July 24, 2010 — A packed tunnel at the Love Parade music festival in Duisburg, Germany, resulted in twenty-one fatalities and over 650 injuries.
Nov. 22, 2010 — A panicked crowd at a festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, led to more than 340 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
Jan. 27, 2013 — A fire at the Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria, Brazil, resulted in over 200 casualties.
Sept. 24, 2015 — During the hajj in Saudi Arabia, a crush resulted in the deaths of at least 2,411 Muslim pilgrims.
April 30, 2021 — A stampede during the Mount Meron pilgrimage in Israel claimed the lives of forty-five individuals and resulted in numerous injuries.
Nov. 5, 2021 — A surge toward the stage at a Houston music festival left ten dead and many injured during rapper Travis Scott’s performance.
Oct. 1, 2022 — Violence following a soccer match in Indonesia led to a panic that left at least 125 people dead and over 100 injured after police used tear gas.
Dec. 1, 2024 — Claims on Sunday indicated fifty-six fatalities and several injuries during a stampede at a soccer stadium in Nzerekore, Guinea, following clashes between fans during the final match of a local tournament. Reports indicate security forces deployed tear gas in an effort to restore order as fans rushed onto the field over a disputed penalty. (AP)
