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1. The Accra Stadium Disaster Source: https://buzzlist.co/2017/09/11/86/ The Accra Sports Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana on May 9, 2001, taking the lives of 127 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa .
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2. The fatal Hajj Stampede Source: https://buzzlist.co/2017/09/11/86/2/ Over the years, there have been multiple occasions where stampedes have occurred in the holy city of Mecca during Hajj prigilmage. One of the most fatal of these stampedes occurred on Sept. 24, 2015, where hundreds, maybe thousands, of pilgrims were crushed to death at the hajj in Mecca.
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3. The fatal Jewish Stampede Source: https://buzzlist.co/2017/09/11/86/3/ A Romano-Jewish scholar and historian, Flavius Josephus recorded that in 66 AD, at around the beginning of the First Roman–Jewish War, a Roman soldier mooned Jewish pilgrims at the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem who had gathered for Passover, and “spake such words as you might expect upon such a posture” causing a riot in which youths threw stones at the soldiers, who then called in reinforcements – the pilgrims panicked, and the ensuing stampede resulted in the death of ten thousand Jews.
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4. The Kumbh Mela stampede Source: https://buzzlist.co/2017/09/11/86/4/ The stampede occurred in 1954 at Kumbha Mela in India. Around 4-5 million pilgrims were in attendance. Although the death toll varies, but no fewer than 500 people were reported dead.
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6 Most Fatal Stampedes In History
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