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  • Rahul Gandhi: “Why has Rahul Gandhi not visited victims of Kallakurichi liquor tragedy?” BJP on LoP’s Hathras visit

    New Delhi: When Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited Hathras to meet the grieving families who were affected in the stampede, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lambasted the Congress MP for being selective and not finding the “empathy” to visit the families of those who lost their lives in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu.

    At least 121 devotees lost their lives owing to a stampede at a religious ‘Satsang’ event of selfstyled godman Suraj Pal alias ‘Bhole Baba’ in Fulari village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras on Tuesday.

    BJP leader CR Kesavan said that neither Rahul Gandhi nor Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin have consoled the families of the victims of the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy.”Why has Rahul Gandhi not found the empathy to visit the families of innocent people who lost their lives in the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy?… Neither Rahul Gandhi nor MK Stalin have consoled the families of these victims…,” Kesavan said in a video statement on Friday.

    Accusing Rahul Gandhi of making false statements on compensation to Agniveer Ajay Singh, Kesavan said, “Rahul Gandhi misled the people by making false claims about compensation provided to Agniveer Ajay Singh…Rahul Gandhi’s falsehoods will always be defeated…He should stop politicizing the martyrdom of Agniveers…He should apologize to the families of Agniveeers and the Indian Army…”

    Uttar Pradesh Minister Baby RMaurya claimed that Rahul Gandhi had only gone to Hathras for his political gains adding that the state government has constituted a committee to probe into the incident.”… The CM has constituted a committee under the chairmanship of a retired judge . Legal action would be taken according to the report of the Committee… He (Rahul Gandhi) had only gone for his politics… When such huge events are organised, the government and the administration have to think whether permission should be given or not. I believe that such huge events should not be organised where there is a chance of loss of life…,” Maurya said. BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi claimed that Rahul Gandhi has been engaging in the “politics of fear and confusion” ever since he was appointed the Leader of Opposition.

    “Rahul Gandhi since he has become the LoP, he is doing the politics of fear and confusion. Yesterday, we have seen how he lied on Agniveer issue. Today, on this heartwrenching accident of Hathras, the politics that he is trying to do is very sad. Such incidents should be seen with utmost sensitivity,” Trivedi said speaking to ANI on Friday.

    Questioning Rahul Gandhi’s silence on the Kallakurichi liquor tragedy in Tamil Nadu, Trivedi said that he should not view any incident with “vulture eyes”.

    “I want to ask him that more than 50 people have died in Tamil Nadu ruled by his friends in INDI alliance, most of them were from SC community, leave aside going there, you haven’t even spoken about it…One shouldn’t see any incident with ‘vulture eyes’ for political benefits…,” Trivedi said.

    Uttar Pradesh Minister Sandeep Singh took a dig at Rahul Gandhi saying that instead of consoling the stampedeaffected victims in Hathras, the Congress MP was seen taking “selfies” with them.

    “This is a very serious incident… The compensatory cheques have also been distributed to almost all the families… Some people are doing politics even in such a serious matter… Rahul Gandhi met the family today and instead of consoling them, he was seen taking selfies…,” Singh said.

    The Minister said that the central and the state government have announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakhs each for the bereaved families. The development comes after Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi met with the victims’ families in the Hathras stampede incident.

    “The Prime Minister and the state government, both have announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakhs each for the bereaved families, the total is Rs 4 lakhs. The task of transferring this amount to the accounts of the people has already started. The BJP will help these families in any manner required,” he said.

    Singh said that the volunteers of the Baba were handling the responsibility of security and didn’t allow the police to enter the premises.

    “The security arrangements were made. The volunteers of the Baba took the responsibility of security and they do not allow the police to enter their premises. Police and firetenders were present at the venue. They have always been disallowing the police from entering the premises,” he said.

    Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Friday said the central government has extended cooperation to the Uttar Pradesh government in the investigation into the stampede in Hathras in which 121 people died.

    “It is a very sad and sensitive incident and that is being investigated thoroughly and whatever facts come out after the investigation, certainly the state government is keeping an eye on it and the Prime Minister is very sensitive towards such incidents,” he said during an event here.

    “The cooperation which should have been given by the Central Government has been provided at that time and whatever elements will come out in the investigation, the state government will act on that,” the Union Minister added.

    On the other hand, INDIA bloc partners claimed that being the Leader of Opposition, visiting Hathras after the stampede was a compassionate act on the part of Rahul Gandhi.

    Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja said, “Rahul Gandhi is the leader of the opposition. It is a good thing that he went and met the affected people and the victims.”

    In an attack at the state government, D Raja said, “Now the question is what is the responsibility of the Uttar Pradesh government?… The Uttar Pradesh government should be questioned… How are such things happening?…”

    Congress MP Rahul Gandhi also appealed to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to provide compensation to the victims with an open heart. Supporting Rahul Gandhi, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, “It’s a very unfortunate incident…The compensation for the bereaved families should be increased…”

    Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that if the state government cannot provide adequate compensation the central government should step up.

    “The compensation should definitely be increased. All of it should be provided by the Central government. If the Uttar Pradesh government has some economic issue, then the Central government should do it…,” Bharadwaj said.

    Maharashtra Assembly LoP Vijay Wadettiwar blamed the government for the incident and said that while people should be followers they should not be “blind followers”.

    “It was a tragic incident… People should be followers but, nowadays, they are blind followers. The government should look after the proper arrangements and administration of such programs. The government is responsible for this incident…,” Wadettiwar said.

    Calling for an investigation into the incident, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said that the government does not have any intention to make guidelines for events in which such huge crowds are expected to turn up.

    “There are no clear regulations in place and there is no intention of the govt to make guidelines for such events…A thorough investigation should be conducted into the incident and based on it strict action should be taken…,” Yechury said speaking to ANI.

    Congress MP Rahul Gandhi who arrived in Hathras early in the morning on Friday, met with the bereaved families of those who lost their lives in the July 2 tragedy.

    On his way to Hathras, the Congress leader also stopped in Aligarh to meet the victims’ families. He expressed his condolences and sought to understand their situation.

    “It is a sad incident. Many lives have been lost. I am not approaching this from a political perspective but addressing the deficiencies of the administration. The main priority should be to provide maximum compensation to the poor families affected by this tragedy. I request CM Yogi Adityanath to provide compensation with an open heart,” he said while speaking to the media.

    The Congress MP further said that the family members of the deceased informed him there was no police presence at the event, which contributed to the chaos.

    “If there is a delay in providing compensation, it will not help anyone. I spoke with the families, and they told me there was no police arrangement at the venue. They are in shock, and I wanted to understand their situation,” he said.

  • Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills on the very least 78, official says

    By Associated Press: People stampeded at an event to distribute financial help in Yemen’s capital late Wednesday, and on the very least 78 had been killed and dozens further suffered accidents, a Houthi official talked about.

    The crush handed off inside the Old City inside the center of Sanaa when tons of of poor of us gathered at an event organized by retailers, based mostly on the Houthi-run Interior Ministry.

    The ministry’s spokesman, Brig. Abdel-Khaleq al-Aghri, blamed the crush on the “random distribution” of funds with out coordination with native authorities. The tragedy bought right here ahead of the Muslim trip of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the highest of the Islamic holy month Ramadan later this week.

    Dozens of injured of us had been taken to shut by hospitals. Motaher al-Marouni, a senior properly being official in Sanaa, gave the lack of life toll and talked about on the very least 13 had been severely hurt, in accordance the Houthi rebels’ Al-Masirah satellite tv for pc television for laptop TV channel.

    The rebels quickly sealed off the faculty the place the event was organized and barred of us, along with journalists, from approaching.

    Eyewitnesses Abdel-Rahman Ahmed and Yahia Mohsen talked about armed Houthis shot inside the air in an attempt to handle the group, apparently putting {{an electrical}} wire and inflicting it to explode. That sparked panic, and folk began stampeding, they talked about.

    The Interior Ministry talked about it had detained two organizers and an investigation was underway.

    Yemen’s capital has been beneath the contronl of the Iranian-backed Houthis since they descended from their northern stronghold in 2014 and eradicated the internationally acknowledged authorities.

    That prompted a Saudi-led coalition to intervene in 2015 to try to revive the federal authorities.

    The battle has turned these days proper right into a proxy wrestle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, killing larger than 150,000 of us along with fighters and civilians and creating one in all many world’s worst humanitarian disasters.

    More than 21 million of us in Yemen, or two-thirds of the nation’s inhabitants, want help and security, based mostly on the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Among these in need, larger than 17 million are considered considerably vulnerable.

    In February the United Nations talked about it had raised solely $1.2 billion out of a objective of $4.3 billion at a conference geared towards producing funds to ease the humanitarian catastrophe.

  • 5 killed in stampedes at flour distribution websites in Pakistan

    Thousands gathered on the facilities arrange as a part of the federal government’s efforts to ease the affect of inflation, which is operating above 30% – a 50-year excessive.

    Lahore/Peshawar,UPDATED: Mar 30, 2023 22:30 IST

    People collect to obtain sacks of free flour at a distribution level in Pakistan’s Peshawar (Reuters)

    By Reuters: At least 5 folks have been killed in latest weeks and extra injured in Pakistan in stampedes at websites distributing free flour underneath a government-backed scheme to assist households fighting hovering prices of fundamental staples.

    Thousands of individuals gathered on the facilities arrange throughout the nation as a part of the federal government’s efforts to ease the affect of inflation, which is operating above 30%, a 50-year excessive.

    Costs of fundamental items have surged much more, with flour costs rising over 45% prior to now 12 months.

    Also Read | Hundreds chase wheat flour vans amid deepening financial disaster in Pakistan | Video

    The Pakistani authorities has launched a flour distribution programme to achieve hundreds of thousands of households in want through the holy Islamic month of Ramadan that started final week.

    Four folks, together with two girls, have died at distribution websites in japanese Punjab, the provincial Information Minister Amir Mir instructed Reuters, including two of the useless additionally had underlying well being circumstances.

    “Several (more) were injured because of the rush at some spots… Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has ordered an inquiry into these incidents,” Mir mentioned.

    Another particular person was killed in a stampede at a distribution centre final week in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in accordance with information shared by the provincial meals authority.

    Also Read | European Union removes Pakistan from record of ‘High-Risk Third Countries’

    Thousands of baggage of flour had additionally been looted from vans and distribution factors, in accordance with the information.

    “There were some unfortunate incidents of stampedes and looting,” Khan Ghalib, an official on the provincial meals division mentioned. “Women suffered due to heavy rush and stampede of men in the distribution centers.”

    The province’s meals minister, Fazal Elahi, instructed Reuters it deliberate to spend 19.77 billion Pakistani rupees ($69.74 million) to get flour to over 5.7 million households.

    The lethal rushes underscore the desperation within the face of hovering prices, exacerbated by the falling forex and the removing of subsidies agreed with the International Monetary Fund to unlock the most recent tranche of its monetary help bundle.

    ($1 = 283.5000 Pakistani rupees)

    Also Read | Pakistan’s central financial institution hikes key price to twenty% as nation sees highest inflation in 50 years

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    Mar 30, 2023

  • One killed, 20 injured in stampede throughout Makar Mela in Odisha’s Cuttack 

    By PTI

    CUTTACK: At least one particular person was killed and 20 others had been injured, 4 of them significantly, in a stampede in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Saturday, police stated.

    The incident happened as numerous individuals congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the event of Makar Mela, a police officer stated.

    Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra confirmed that one girl, recognized as 45-year-old Anjana Swain, died within the incident, whereas 4 significantly injured individuals had been admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack metropolis.

    #WATCH | Odisha: One useless, 9 injured after a stampede occurred throughout Makar Mela rush at Singhanath Temple in Baramba, Cuttack.

    One useless whereas 9 had been injured in incident, three had been referred to a different hospital in Cuttack: Dr Ranjan Kumar Barik, Baramba hospital pic.twitter.com/t5FM7nkPKw

    — ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023

    Mishra stated different injured individuals had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre (CHC) in Badamba.

    Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain stated the incident happened resulting from a sudden enhance within the variety of devotees, together with ladies and kids, within the afternoon to go to a good organised on the event and likewise to pay obeisance to Lord Singhanath.

    The district administration stated the congregation was large as individuals had been visiting the temple after a niche of two years as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

    Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in giant numbers, the sub-collector stated.

    CUTTACK: At least one particular person was killed and 20 others had been injured, 4 of them significantly, in a stampede in Odisha’s Cuttack district on Saturday, police stated.

    The incident happened as numerous individuals congregated on Badamba-Gopinathpur T-Bridge on the event of Makar Mela, a police officer stated.

    Badamba-Narsinghpur MLA and former minister Debi Prasad Mishra confirmed that one girl, recognized as 45-year-old Anjana Swain, died within the incident, whereas 4 significantly injured individuals had been admitted to SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack metropolis.

    #WATCH | Odisha: One useless, 9 injured after a stampede occurred throughout Makar Mela rush at Singhanath Temple in Baramba, Cuttack.
    One useless whereas 9 had been injured in incident, three had been referred to a different hospital in Cuttack: Dr Ranjan Kumar Barik, Baramba hospital pic.twitter.com/t5FM7nkPKw
    — ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
    Mishra stated different injured individuals had been admitted to a neighborhood well being centre (CHC) in Badamba.

    Athagarh Sub-collector Hemanta Kumar Swain stated the incident happened resulting from a sudden enhance within the variety of devotees, together with ladies and kids, within the afternoon to go to a good organised on the event and likewise to pay obeisance to Lord Singhanath.

    The district administration stated the congregation was large as individuals had been visiting the temple after a niche of two years as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

    Devotees from Cuttack, Khordha, Puri, Angul, Dhenkanal, Boudh and Nayagarh districts had come to the temple in giant numbers, the sub-collector stated.

  • Limited availability of sponsored flour prompts stampede in Pakistan’s Sindh

    Limited availability of sponsored flour prompts stampede in Pakistan’s Sindh

  • 4 Injured In Stampede-Like Situation At Shaan’s Concert In Hooghly, West Bengal

    The injured have been rushed to a close-by hospital and two of them are nonetheless below remedy there.

    4 Injured In Stampede-Like Situation At Shaan’s Concert In Hooghly, West Bengal (File)

    Kolkata: Four individuals have been injured in a stampede-like state of affairs as individuals rushed to look at Bollywood singer Shaan’s carry out at a university fest in Kolkata on Thursday. The incident befell on Thursday night time at Uttarpara Government School the place the fest of Raja Pyari Mohan College was held, mentioned a police official. “When the singer came we had to open the gates and many forced themselves in, creating a stampede-like situation,” police mentioned. Police used lathi-charge to manage the gang. Two individuals are nonetheless present process remedy.

    “Four persons were injured in a stampede-like situation during a college fest in Hooghly as the police wielded the stick to control unruly spectators who had flocked to watch Bollywood singer Shaan,” the police mentioned on Friday.

    The injured have been rushed to a close-by hospital and two of them are nonetheless below remedy there whereas no arrests have been made in reference to the incident, the police official added.

    (With PTI inputs)

    Published Date: December 23, 2022 4:27 PM IST

  • TMC panel meets households of stampede victims in Bengal’s Asansol, assures assist

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: A five-member TMC delegation on Sunday met the households of these killed within the stampede in Bengal’s Asansol, and guaranteed all potential help to them.

    The delegation, led by state business minister Shashi Panja, additionally prolonged monetary assist to the households.

    Six individuals have been arrested for his or her alleged function in triggering a stampede on Wednesday throughout a blanket distribution programme of the BJP, which left two ladies and a 14-year-old lady useless and 5 injured.

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who had additionally attended the spiritual occasion, left earlier than the blanket distribution initiative started.

    The police had mentioned that no permission was given for the blanket distribution programme.

    The Mamata Banerjee authorities had earlier introduced Rs 2 lakh as compensation for every of the households of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

    Panja, through the go to, blamed native BJP leaders, together with former Asansol mayor Jitendra Tewary and his councillor spouse Chaitali, for the tragedy, stating that “they had distributed tokens for blankets among 5,000 people but the venue had space to accommodate just 500 people”.

    She flayed Adhikari for attending a non secular occasion.

    “BJP leaders, in a bid to woo people and get votes, organised a programme with minimum concern for safety and security of human lives. Can they bring back the 14-year-old girl, and two other women whose deaths left their families shattered,” she mentioned.

    The TMC group, additionally comprising ministers Babul Supriyo, Partha Bhowmik and Malay Ghatak, together with TMC state youth wing president Saayoni Ghosh, have been seen consoling the kin of the deceased.

    “We are all there to help you. Our workers will be regularly on your side,” Ghatak, the state’s regulation minister, was heard telling the relations.

    BJP chief Jitendra Tewary, nevertheless, criticised the Bengal’s ruling social gathering for “politicising the incident”.

    “At this hour of grief, they are crowding residences of the bereaved families and disturbing their peace,” he claimed.

    KOLKATA: A five-member TMC delegation on Sunday met the households of these killed within the stampede in Bengal’s Asansol, and guaranteed all potential help to them.

    The delegation, led by state business minister Shashi Panja, additionally prolonged monetary assist to the households.

    Six individuals have been arrested for his or her alleged function in triggering a stampede on Wednesday throughout a blanket distribution programme of the BJP, which left two ladies and a 14-year-old lady useless and 5 injured.

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who had additionally attended the spiritual occasion, left earlier than the blanket distribution initiative started.

    The police had mentioned that no permission was given for the blanket distribution programme.

    The Mamata Banerjee authorities had earlier introduced Rs 2 lakh as compensation for every of the households of the deceased, and Rs 50,000 for the injured.

    Panja, through the go to, blamed native BJP leaders, together with former Asansol mayor Jitendra Tewary and his councillor spouse Chaitali, for the tragedy, stating that “they had distributed tokens for blankets among 5,000 people but the venue had space to accommodate just 500 people”.

    She flayed Adhikari for attending a non secular occasion.

    “BJP leaders, in a bid to woo people and get votes, organised a programme with minimum concern for safety and security of human lives. Can they bring back the 14-year-old girl, and two other women whose deaths left their families shattered,” she mentioned.

    The TMC group, additionally comprising ministers Babul Supriyo, Partha Bhowmik and Malay Ghatak, together with TMC state youth wing president Saayoni Ghosh, have been seen consoling the kin of the deceased.

    “We are all there to help you. Our workers will be regularly on your side,” Ghatak, the state’s regulation minister, was heard telling the relations.

    BJP chief Jitendra Tewary, nevertheless, criticised the Bengal’s ruling social gathering for “politicising the incident”.

    “At this hour of grief, they are crowding residences of the bereaved families and disturbing their peace,” he claimed.

  • South Korea police admit accountability for Halloween tragedy that left over 150 lifeless

    South Korea’s police chief admitted “a heavy responsibility” for failing to stop a current crowd surge that killed greater than 150 folks throughout Halloween festivities in Seoul.

    Rescue staff and firefighters work on the scene of a crushing accident in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: Reuters)

    By Associated Press: South Korea’s police chief admitted “a heavy responsibility” for failing to stop a current crowd surge that killed greater than 150 folks throughout Halloween festivities in Seoul, saying Tuesday that officers didn’t successfully deal with earlier emergency calls concerning the impending catastrophe.

    The admission got here because the South Korean authorities faces rising public scrutiny over whether or not the group surge Saturday night time in Seoul’s Itaewon district, a well-liked nightlife neighborhood, might have been prevented and who ought to take the accountability for the nation’s worst catastrophe in years.

    “I feel a heavy responsibility (for the disaster) as the head of one of related government offices,” Yoon Hee Keun, commissioner basic of the Korean National Police Agency, informed a televised information convention. “Police will do their best to prevent a tragedy like this from happening again.”

    Yoon stated an preliminary investigation has discovered that there have been many pressing calls by residents notifying authorities concerning the potential hazard of a crowd gathering in Itaewon, however officers who had acquired these calls didn’t reply to them in a passable method.

    Yoon stated police have subsequently launched an intense inner probe to look deeper into the officers’ dealing with of the emergency calls and different points like their on-the-spot response to the group surge in Itaewon at that night time.

    ALSO READ | South Korean PM vows thorough probe into lethal Halloween stampede

    The catastrophe — which left at the least 156 folks lifeless and 151 others injured — was concentrated in a downhill, slim alley in Itaewon. Witnesses described folks falling on each other, struggling extreme respiratory difficulties and falling unconscious. They additionally recalled rescuers and ambulances failed to succeed in the crammed alleys in time as a result of the complete Itaewon space was extraordinarily full of slow-moving autos and a crowd of partygoers clad in Halloween costumes.

    During a Cabinet council assembly Tuesday, President Yoon Suk Yeol additionally acknowledged that South Korea lacks analysis on a crowd administration. He referred to as for utilizing drones and different high-tech assets to develop an efficient crowd management functionality. He stated the federal government will quickly maintain a gathering with specialists to evaluation general nationwide security guidelines.

    The crowd surge is South Korea’s deadliest catastrophe for the reason that 2014 ferry sinking that killed 304 folks and uncovered the nation’s lax security guidelines and regulatory failures. Saturday’s crowd surge has subsequently raised public questions on what South Korea has executed to stop human-made disasters.

    After the Itaewon catastrophe, police launched a 475-member activity power to seek out its trigger.

    Senior police officer Nam Gu-Jun informed reporters Monday that officers have obtained movies taken by about 50 safety cameras within the space and have been analyzing video clips posted on social media. Nam stated police have additionally interviewed greater than 40 witnesses and survivors to date.

    ALSO READ | Seoul stampede: How an elegant celebration hub became a demise entice

    Police stated they’d despatched 137 officers to take care of order throughout Halloween festivities on Saturday, far more than the 34-90 officers mobilized in 2017, 2018 and 2019 earlier than the pandemic. But some observers questioned whether or not the 137 officers have been sufficient to deal with the estimated 100,00 folks gathered Saturday in Itaewon.

    Adding extra questions concerning the position of police was the truth that they despatched 7,000 officers to a different a part of Seoul earlier Saturday to watch dueling protests involving tens of hundreds of individuals. Police additionally acknowledged that the 137 officers dispatched to Itaewon have been primarily assigned to watch crime, with a selected give attention to narcotics use — not the group management.

    The demise toll might rise as officers stated that 29 of the injured have been in severe situation. The lifeless included some 26 international nationals from Iran, China, Russia, the United States, Japan and elsewhere.

    President Yoon requested officers to supply the identical authorities help to the bereaved households of the international victims as to South Korean lifeless and injured folks. He additionally thanked many world leaders for sending condolence messages over the catastrophe.

    The Itaewon space, identified for its expat-friendly, cosmopolitan environment, is the nation’s hottest spot for Halloween-themed occasions and events, with younger South Koreans participating in costume competitions at bars, golf equipment and eating places. Saturday’s gathering of the estimated 100,000 folks in Itaewon was the largest Halloween celebration within the space for the reason that pandemic started.

    Halloween festivities in Itaewon haven’t any official organizers. South Korean police stated Monday they don’t have any particular procedures for dealing with incidents comparable to crowd surges throughout an occasion that has no organizers.

    Published On:

    Nov 1, 2022

  • Here’s a listing of a few of the world’s worst stampedes

    At least 151 individuals had been killed in a crush throughout a Halloween celebration in South Korea’s capital Seoul late on Saturday.

    Here are particulars of a few of the worst stampedes over the past three a long time:

    April 1989: Ninety-six persons are killed and no less than 200 injured in Britain’s worst sports activities catastrophe after a crowd surge crushed followers towards limitations on the English F.A. Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield.

    July 1990: Inside Saudi Arabia’s al-Muaissem tunnel close to the Muslim holy metropolis of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims are crushed to dying throughout Eid al-Adha, Islam’s most necessary feast, on the finish of the annual haj pilgrimage.

    May 1994: A stampede close to Jamarat Bridge in Saudi Arabia through the haj kills 270 within the space the place pilgrims hurl stones at piles of rocks symbolising the satan.

    April 1998: One hundred and nineteen Muslim pilgrims are crushed to dying through the haj in Saudi Arabia.

    May 2001: In Ghana, no less than 126 persons are killed in a stampede at Accra’s essential soccer stadium when police fireplace tear gasoline at rioting followers in one in every of Africa’s worst soccer disasters.

    Feb 2004: A stampede kills 251 Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia close to Jamarat Bridge through the haj ritual stoning of the satan.

    Jan 2005: At least 265 Hindu pilgrims are killed in a crush close to a distant temple in India’s Maharashtra state.

    Aug 2005: At least 1,005 individuals die in Iraq when Shi’ites stampede off a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, panicked by rumours of a suicide bomber within the crowd.

    Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to dying on the japanese entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to carry out the haj stoning ritual.

    Aug 2008: Rumours of a landslide set off a stampede by pilgrims in India on the Naina Devi temple in Himachal Pradesh state. At least 145 individuals die and greater than 100 are injured.

    Sept 2008: In India, 147 persons are killed in a stampede on the Chamunda temple, close to the historic western city of Jodhpur.

    July 2010: A stampede kills 19 individuals and injures 342 when individuals push via a tunnel on the Love Parade techno music pageant in Duisburg, Germany.

    Nov 2010: A stampede on a bridge in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, kills no less than 350 individuals after hundreds panic on the final day of a water pageant.

    Jan 2013: More than 230 individuals die after a hearth breaks out at a nightclub within the southern Brazilian faculty city of Santa Maria, and a stampede crushes a few of the victims and retains others from fleeing the fumes and flames.

    Oct 2013: Devotees crossing an extended, concrete bridge in the direction of a temple within the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh panic when some railings break, triggering a stampede that kills 115.

    Sept 2015: At least 717 Muslim pilgrims are killed and 863 injured in a crush on the haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

    Soccer followers enter the pitch throughout a conflict between supporters at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on Oct. 1, 2022. (Photo: AP)

    April 2021: At least 44 persons are crushed to dying at an overcrowded spiritual bonfire pageant in Israel in what medics mentioned was a stampede.

    Nov 2021: At least 9 persons are killed and scores injured in a crush on the opening evening of rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld music pageant in Houston, Texas, triggered by a surge of followers pushing towards the stage.

    Jan 2022: At least 12 Hindu pilgrims died and greater than a dozen are injured in a stampede on the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Kashmir throughout occasions to mark the New Year.

    Jan 2022: A stampede at a church on the outskirts of Liberia’s capital Monrovia killed 29 individuals throughout an all-night Christian worship occasion.

    May 2022: At least 31 individuals die throughout a stampede at a church in Nigeria’s southern Rivers state, after individuals who turned as much as obtain meals on the church broke via a gate.

    Oct 2022: A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia kills no less than 125 individuals and injures greater than 320 after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, authorities mentioned.

  • SHO suspended after stampede kills three girls at temple in Rajasthan’s Sikar 

    By PTI

    SIKAR: The in-charge of Khatu Shyam Ji police station was suspended on Monday, hours after three devotees died in a stampede within the premises of the well-known temple, an official stated.

    Station House Officer Riya Choudhary was suspended as she “did not handle the situation well” when there was a “heavy rush” outdoors the temple, Sikar Superintendent of Police Ok Rashtradeep stated.

    “There was a heavy rush outside the temple. The pressure mounted as soon as the temple gates opened, which led to a situation that left three women dead. It was not handled well. SHO Riya Choudhary has therefore been suspended,” he stated.

    ALSO READ | Three girls useless, two injured in stampede at Khatu Shyamji temple in Rajasthan’s Sikar

    As the temple opened at 4.30 am, hundreds of devotees started speeding in for ‘darshan’ on the event of ‘Gyaras’, an auspicious day as per Hindu calendar, ensuing within the stampede.

    Besides three deaths, 4 folks sustained accidents.

    Police stated that they had recognized the deceased as Shanti from Haryana, Maya Devi from Uttar Pradesh and Kripa Devi from Jaipur.

    SIKAR: The in-charge of Khatu Shyam Ji police station was suspended on Monday, hours after three devotees died in a stampede within the premises of the well-known temple, an official stated.

    Station House Officer Riya Choudhary was suspended as she “did not handle the situation well” when there was a “heavy rush” outdoors the temple, Sikar Superintendent of Police Ok Rashtradeep stated.

    “There was a heavy rush outside the temple. The pressure mounted as soon as the temple gates opened, which led to a situation that left three women dead. It was not handled well. SHO Riya Choudhary has therefore been suspended,” he stated.

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    As the temple opened at 4.30 am, hundreds of devotees started speeding in for ‘darshan’ on the event of ‘Gyaras’, an auspicious day as per Hindu calendar, ensuing within the stampede.

    Besides three deaths, 4 folks sustained accidents.

    Police stated that they had recognized the deceased as Shanti from Haryana, Maya Devi from Uttar Pradesh and Kripa Devi from Jaipur.