Baghdad, Iraq--31 August 2005

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Baghdad, Iraq--31 August 2005

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last modified 26 November 2017

Date: 31 August 2005

Location: Baghdad, Iraq

Type of event: accident

Description:

A stampede on 31 August 2005 at a Baghdad, Iraq, bridge during a religious gathering killed 965; the stampede was started by false warnings of a suicide bomber.

Consequences: 965 killed, injured

References:

BBC, 31 Aug. 2005, "Iraq stampede deaths near 1,000," BBC News, on line [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4199618.stm].

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