Thousands of people have died in
recent years in stampedes, many of
them at religious festivals. Here are
some of the most deadly:

24 September 2015, Mina, Saudi
Arabia
More than 700 people taking part in the
annual Hajj pilgrimage die in a stampede
near Mecca. Two million people had
converged on Mina to throw stones at
pillars representing the devil in the Hajj's
last major rite. Some 450 people were
injured.

14 October 2013, Madhya Pradesh,
India
At least 115 people die in a stampede
near the Ratangarh temple after panic
broke out on a bridge. Hundreds of
thousands had gathered for the Hindu
festival of Navatri.

14 January 2011, Kerala, India
More than 102 pilgrims are crushed to
death while returning from the Hindu
shrine of Sabarimala. The shrine is in a
remote, mountainous, area of dense
forests.

22 November 2010, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
More than 375 people die in a stampede
on a bridge on the Tonle Sap river during
celebrations of the annual Water
Festival. Prime Minister Hun Sen
described the stampede as the "biggest
tragedy" to hit Cambodia since the
Khmer Rouge.

30 September 2008, Rajasthan, India
More than 220 people die in a
stampede at the Chamunda Devi Hindu
temple inside Jodhpur's famous
Mehrangarh Fort.

3 August 2008, Himachal Pradesh,
India
At least 140 people die in a stampede
at a hilltop Hindu temple in northern
India. A rain shelter on a mountain path
to the Nainadevi temple collapsed in bad
weather, causing panic. Dozens more
pilgrims were hurt.

12 January 2006, Mina, Saudi Arabia
At least 364 die in a crush during the
annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Officials
say the stampede happened after pieces
of luggage spilled from moving buses in
front of one of the entrances to the
bridge of Jamarat, causing pilgrims to
trip.

31 August 2005, Baghdad, Iraq
Up to 1,000 Shia pilgrims are trampled
to death or drown in the Tigris River
after rumours of a suicide bombing
sparked panic. Many of the dead are
women and children.

25 January 2005, Maharashtra, India
Up to 300 Hindu pilgrims die in a
stampede during a Hindu pilgrimage to
the remote Mandhar Devi temple. Many
pilgrims are crushed and burned to death
as fires in roadside stalls force crowds
into a narrow stairway leading to the
hilltop temple.

1 February 2004, Mina, Saudi Arabia
Some 251 pilgrims are trampled to
death in a 27-minute stampede during
the Hajj. Officials say many of the victims
were not authorised to participate in the
Stoning of Satan ritual, after new
procedures were introduced following
previous stampedes.


9 May 2001, Accra, Ghana
Some 126 die at the Accra Sports
Stadium after a match between rival
teams Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante
Kotoko. The Ghanaian police are blamed
by many survivors for causing the
stampede by firing tear gas in the packed
and locked stadium, after angry
demonstrations by fans of the losing
side.


9 April 1998, Mina, Saudi Arabia
At least 118 pilgrims die and more
than 180 are hurt during the Stoning of
Satan ritual. The pilgrims, mostly from
Indonesia and Malaysia, are trampled to
death after panic erupts when several
people fall off an overpass.


2 July 1990, Saudi Arabia
Some 1,426 pilgrims, mostly Malaysians
and Indonesians, die in a huge crush in a
tunnel leading to Mecca's holy sites. The
authorities say most died of asphyxiation
after the tunnel's ventilation system
broke down.