Deadly stampedes of the past 2 decades

The following is a list of deadly stampedes of the past two decades, after 74 people were killed and more than 400 injured in a crush at the Philsports Arena (formerly Ultra) in Pasig City last Saturday:

March 12, 1988: Kathmandu. More than 100 people were killed and 300 injured in a stampede during a football match in Nepal’s National Stadium. The tragedy occurred when spectators rushed to find shelter from a powerful hailstorm, but found the doors locked.

April 15, 1989: Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England. A total of 96 Liverpool supporters were crushed to death and around 300 injured during the semi-final of the FA Cup between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Police had opened the doors at one entrance to allow around 2,000 people without tickets to enter the stadium, crushing others in the stands.

July 2, 1990: Saudi Arabia. A huge crush in a tunnel outside Mecca which leads to the holy sites of Mount Arafat killed 1,426 pilgrims, mostly Asians, of asphyxiation. The authorities said the tunnel’s ventilation system broke down.

May 24, 1994: Mina, Saudi Arabia. 270 pilgrims were killed as crowds surged forward during the "Stoning of Satan" ritual in Mina, the desert plain outside Mecca. Authorities blamed the record numbers of pilgrims attending the hajj.

Aug. 13, 1994: Brazzaville. At least 150 people, mostly children, were trampled to death or suffocated in a stampede following an evangelical session in a church.

Oct. 16, 1996: Mateo Flores Stadium, Guatemala. Ninety people were killed and 150 injured in a crush of spectators during a World Cup qualification match between Guatemala and Costa Rica. The stadium was built to accommodate 45,000 people, but held around 60,000.

Apr. 9, 1998: Mina, Saudi Arabia. At least 118 pilgrims died and more than 180 were injured during the Stoning of Satan ritual in Mina. The pilgrims, mostly from Indonesia and Malaysia, died when the parapet of a bridge gave way.

May 9, 2001: Accra. 126 people were killed in a stampede following a football match.

Feb. 1, 2004: Mina, Saudi Arabia. 251 pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage.

Jan. 25, 2005: Satara, India. 257 people were killed in a stampede during a Hindu pilgrimage in Satara district, south of Bombay.

August 31, 2005: Iraq. More than 1,000 pilgrims were trampled to death or drowned after panic broke out on a bridge over the Tigris river in Baghdad, sparked by a rumor that two suicide bombers were among them.

Jan. 12, 2006: Mina, Saudi Arabia. At least 364 people were killed in a stampede during the annual Hajj ilgrimage.