What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 2013
- Kind
- Crowd crush
- Coordinates
- 5.33° N, 4.02° W
- Description
- Ivory Coast human stampede
- Deaths
- 61
2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
2013 human crush at a stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede was a crowd crush that occurred as crowds departed a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the early hours of 1 January 2013 near the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It resulted in 61 deaths and over 200 injuries, mostly women and children. This was the second time in four years that a fatal crush incident occurred at the stadium.
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