On October 29, local time, a stampede party in Itaewon, Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea triggered a stampede accident. South Korean media reported that the accident has killed 151 people and injured 82 people. It is the worst disaster in South Korea since the Sewol shipwreck accident. " Washington Post " said that the accident was the ninth largest stampede in the 21st century.
Stampered by Itaewon, South Korea (Source: Zhongyi Daily)
Jimu News reporter sorted out that in recent decades, stampedes have occurred in Saudi , Indian , India and other countries, and stampedes have mostly occurred in religious pilgrimage, festival celebrations and sports events.
Saudi Arabia: More than ten stampedes occurred in the Hajjj
In recent decades, Islam Holy Land Mecca stampedes occurred in many times. According to past reports and statistics, there were 11 stampedes in Mecca between 1990 and 2006 in the past 30 years.
Mecca Hajj scene (Source: Yonhap News Agency )
On July 2, 1990, a large number of Hajjjers stepped on while attending the Hajj ceremony through a tunnel in Mecca, resulting in 1,426 people died of suffocation or trampling, most of whom were Asians.
Sharia law stipulates that every adult Islamic believer should go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia at least once in his life, if he is capable. The Great Mosque is located in the center of Mecca and is the largest holy monastery in Islam. Therefore, Saudi Arabia began to upgrade and expand transportation facilities near the Hajj Temple. Since 2006, no major stampede casualties have occurred in nearly ten years.
But in 2015 the tragedy came again. On September 24, 2015, local time, a pilgrimage stampede occurred in Mina, 5 kilometers east of Mecca. At that time, Saudi authorities announced 717 deaths.
Indonesia: At least 125 people died if the results of the ball game were not met.
According to BBC, on the evening of October 1, 2022, a football match in East Java, Indonesia triggered a stampede, resulting in at least 125 deaths, including 32 children and another 323 injured.
Stampage at the Indonesian football stadium (Source: BBC)
The cause of the accident was that the fans were dissatisfied with the results of the game and rushed into the stadium. As a result, the police fired tear gas and responded, causing panic among fans and crowds stepped on each other while they fled.
Indonesian political, legal and security coordination minister Ma Fu later said that the number of spectators in this game seriously exceeded the legal capacity of the stadium. Ma Fu pointed out that the stadium can only accommodate 38,000 people, but the organizer sold as many as 42,000 tickets.
India: Rumors of a bridge collapse triggered a stampede, 115 people died
India has also experienced many serious stampede incidents in recent years. In 2013, a stampede killed 115 people during a Hindu festival held in Madhya Pradesh in central India.
trampled on a bridge in India (Source: AFP )
On a bridge near a temple, rumors suddenly came from the crowd that "the bridge is about to collapse". People trampled on in panic, some people were crushed to death, and some people fell into the river and drowned.
Côte d'Ivoire : The loud bang of fireworks in New Year caused chaos
In 2013, a serious stampede in Côte d'Ivoire also occurred during the festival celebration.
According to the Ivorian State Television, the country's economic capital, Abidjan , held a New Year's Eve fireworks celebration on the evening of New Year's Eve, and a serious stampede occurred, killing about 60 people and injuring many others.
reported that on New Year's Eve, a large number of people gathered near a stadium in the administrative and business district of Abidjan to watch fireworks. However, the loud explosion of fireworks caused chaos in the crowd, and people crowded and pushed, causing a tragedy of stampede. According to preliminary statistics on the scene of rescue workers, at least 60 people were unfortunately killed.
The biggest disaster in South Korea since the "Sewol" wrecked ship
According to Korean media reports, the number of people killed in the Halloween stampede accident in Itaewon, South Korea has risen to 151. The Chosun Ilbo said that the stampede became the worst disaster in the country since the Sevon shipwreck in 2014. It is reported that there have been several catastrophic accidents in South Korea in recent decades.
Seoul 1 Sinking (Source: BBC)
At 5:57 pm on June 29, 1995, a Sanfeng department store in Seoul that was open suddenly collapsed. Within 10 seconds, the 5-story department store collapsed to the 4 underground floors, causing a total of 502 deaths and 937 injuries. This disaster was the worst accident in South Korea during non-war periods, and it was also the world's most serious safety accident of self-destruction of buildings.
In 2003, the fire was set on fire in the Chung Road Station in Daegu, South Korea. Due to improper response from subway staff, the fire affected another train, which eventually led to the death of 193 passengers and 151 minor and serious injuries.
The worst disaster in recent years was the "Sewol" shipwreck accident in April 2014. During the accident, the "Sewol" passenger ship was sailing from Incheon Port to Jeju Island. A total of 304 passengers and crew members died in the accident, which was the worst shipwreck accident in South Korea since 1970.
Source: Jimu News
