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NEWS ABOUT: stampede

stampede stories: 14 news summaries

 41 Women, Kids Die in 
 Kuwait Wedding Blaze 

Guests stampeded to party tent's only exit

Aug 16, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fire at a wedding near Kuwait City claimed the lives of 35 women and six children today, the BBC reports. Another 60 women and children were also injured as a tent holding the wedding caught fire and caved in over the course of just 3 minutes, causing a brutal... More »

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(Newser) - A woman was killed early today in a stampede at the Ganges River where thousands of devout Hindus gathered to witness a total eclipse of the sun, AP reports. Millions poured outside to see the longest eclipse of the 21st Century. But many in the superstitious nation fearfully huddled indoors... More »

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India • death • eclipse • stampede • solar eclipse • Ganges River

(Newser) - At least 11 people were killed by a fan stampede after a Moroccan concert, reports the BBC. Some 40 others were injured when a wire fence collapsed, causing a mob to surge forward at the event packed with 70,000 spectators. The Rabat event was part of the week-long Mawazine... More »

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Morocco • concert • Stevie Wonder • accidental death • Alicia Keys • stampede • Kylie Minogue • music festival

22 Fans Crushed at Ivory Coast World Cup Qualifier 

50,000 came to see European stars play

Mar 30, 09 1:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 22 people were killed and 132 wounded in a stampede yesterday at a packed Ivory Coast soccer match, the Telegraph reports. The panic was sparked as fans without tickets broke down a stadium wall and poured inside. Victims were treated just yards away as Ivory Coast beat Malawi... More »

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soccer • Malawi • death • stadium • stampede • Ivory Coast • 2010 World Cup

 Banks 'Concerned' 
 by Top Model Melee 

Working with NYPD to determine what happened

Mar 16, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks responded—somewhat vaguely—to the weekend’s audition stampede but said she does not know what triggered the incident, CNN reports. “We are concerned by the events that occurred Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of the New York City casting call,... More »

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entertainment • Tyra Banks • America's Next Top Model • stampede

 Bomb Scare 
 Sparks Melee 
 at Top Model 
 Auditions 

Mob stampedes; 2 hospitalized, 3 jailed for inciting a riot

Mar 15, 09 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A smoking car mistaken for a bomb sparked a high-heeled stampede among thousands of women awaiting Manhattan auditions for America's Next Top Model yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. Six were injured and three jailed for inciting a riot. "The girls were running like it was 9/11 Part... More »

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Tyra Banks • model • America's Next Top Model • stampede • bomb scare

 Trampled Worker's 
 Family Sues Wal-Mart 

And more lawsuits coming over Black Friday trampling on Long Island

Dec 3, 08 2:56 PM CST
(AP) - The family of the Wal-Mart temp worker who was trampled to death by a Black Friday stampede has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in New York's state Supreme Court against the retailer and the Long Island mall where the store is located. The family also filed notice that Nassau County,... More »

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crime • New York • Long Island • temporary employment • civil lawsuits • holiday shopping • Black Friday • Wal-Mart • stampede • wrongful death

Wal-Mart Worker Killed in Black Friday Stampede

Another woman miscarries

Nov 28, 08 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Black Friday bargain hunters trampled an employee to death this morning at a Long Island Wal-Mart, the New York Daily News reports. Another woman had a miscarriage in the stampede. The unidentified employee had been trying to hold the unruly crowd back, but the crowd knocked him down and... More »

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holiday shopping • Black Friday • Wal-Mart • stampede

 177 Killed in India 
 Temple Stampede 

Cause of crush still unknown, police blame slippery slope

Sep 30, 08 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A stampede killed at least 177 worshipers at a Hindu temple in western India today, the Times of London reports. Early theories for the crush included a bomb scare and a broken barricade, but police are blaming the steep, slippery path that leads to the temple. Similar stampedes have killed... More »

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India • Hindu • religious pilgrims • stampede • temple

Congo Probes Witchcraft Stampede Deaths

13 killed after accusations of sorcery provoke fighting, panic

Sep 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accusations of witchcraft led to a deadly stampede at a soccer game in the Congo, the BBC reports. Fighting broke out between rival teams after players from one team accused the rival team's goalkeeper of casting spells. Police intervened but were pelted with rocks by the crowd. They fired tear... More »

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soccer riots • soccer • Democratic Republic of Congo • Kivu • witchcraft • stampede • Congo

140 Killed in
India Temple Stampede

40 children among the dead in mountaintop pilgrimmage

Aug 3, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 140 people, including at least 40 children, were killed today in a stampede when a restraining rail gave way at a Hindu temple in northern India, the BBC reports. The pilgrims were attending a 9-day religious festival. Authorities used a cable car to remove the injured from the... More »

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India • religion • Hindu • stampede • Hindus • temple

Cops on Hook for Fatal Mexico Stampede

12 dead after police drug raid sparks nightclub panic

Jun 22, 08 1:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has suspended the cops who triggered a nightclub stampede that left twelve dead on Friday, CNN reports. Responding to reports of alcohol and drugs sold to minors, the police sparked a riot when the raid was announced. Police made "serious errors" in the operation, Mexico City's mayor... More »

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Mexico • police • stampede • night club

 China Flood Warnings 
 Cause Stampede 

Thousands flee to higher ground after river bursts banks

May 17, 08 6:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescue efforts in Beichuan, near the epicenter of China’s earthquake, turned to chaos today as fear of flooding caused a stampede of thousands, the BBC reports. A flood warning was issued after a landslide-blocked river threatened to burst its banks, CNN reports. “Everybody just ran. People who were... More »

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China • flood • evacuation • landslide • stampede • China earthquake

10 Crushed at Indonesia Concert

Panic fueled by alcohol, witnesses say

Feb 10, 08 7:30 AM CST
(Newser) - At least ten people were killed yesterday when they were crushed in a stampede of fans at a punk rock concert in Indonesia. The victims, mostly teenagers, died as a mob of concertgoers tried to leave the jam-packed venue as others were still streaming in, and the crowd panicked, according... More »

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Indonesia • concert • stampede

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