2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede

2013 human crush at a stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast March 2022 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede AbidjanStade.JPG 225px Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadiumlocation of the stampede 2013 01 01 y Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast 5 19 41.7 N 4 1 6.3 W type:event inline,title Stampede 200 61 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. President Alassane Ouattara declared three days of mourning and promised an investigation. Incident At some time between 1 and 4 am according to sources,61 killed in New Year's stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1 January 2013 Inza Bakayoko Associated Press https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1309133--61-killed-in-new-year-s-stampede-in-abidjan-ivory-coast 1 January 2013 following the New Year's Eve celebration and fireworks display, crowds surged as they exited the stadium into the Boulevard de la République near the Hotel Tirama.https://www.foxnews.com/world/61-killed-in-new-years-stampede-in-ivory-coast/ 61 killed in New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast 1 January 2013 Fox News 1 January 2013 This was the second year that fireworks had been held by the government to commemorate the end of the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis and the Second Ivorian Civil War, following the controversial 2010 presidential election. According to official reports, 61 individuals were killed,Bakayoko Inza http://world.time.com/2013/01/01/ivory-coast-new-years-stampede-kills-61/ Stampede After Fireworks Kills 61 in Ivory Coast 1 January 2013 Time 2013-01-02 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130104104107/http://world.time.com/2013/01/01/ivory-coast-new-years-stampede-kills-61/ 4 January 2013 with upwards of 200 injured. According to Alain Lobognon, the Minister of Youth, 26 children were among the dead, most of whom were between the ages of 8 and 15,https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20881552 Ivory Coast new year stampede kills dozens in Abidjan BBC 1 January 2013 1 January 2013 as well as 28 women and six men. Investigation and reaction The cause of the disaster is not yet clear, however a senior police spokesman has confirmed they are investigating. Lieutenant Colonel Issa Sako, the officer in charge of the military responding to the incident, said that the deaths were caused when "people were walked over and suffocated by the crowd".http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/20131111344941142.html Scores killed in Ivory Coast stampede 1 January 2013 Al Jazeera 1 January 2013 According to an Ivorian government official, approximately "50,000 people [were] on the streets ... going home" after the New Year's celebrations. Witnesses have alternatively claimed that two large crowds moving in opposite directions collided, and that security forces attempting to break up the crowd leaving the stadium caused a panic.Scores killed in Ivory Coast fireworks stampede The Guardian 1 January 2013 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/01/scores-killed-ivory-coast-fireworks-crush 1 January 2013 Visiting the injured in hospital, President Alassane Ouattara said that the national tragedy would be investigated. Minister of the Interior Hamed Bakayoko stated in a national television broadcast on Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne that "the government extends its condolences to the families of those deceased and assures them of its solidarity" and that the Ivorian government would help by "all means possible."http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/01/world/africa/ivory-coast-deaths/index.html 60 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stampede, minister says Halasz Stephanie Laura Smith-Spark 1 January 2013 CNN 1 January 2013 Bakayoko went on to say that "the precise circumstances of this tragic occurrence are being looked into by the security services".https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/world/africa/stampede-at-new-years-celebration-kills-dozens-in-ivory-coast.html?_r=0 Stampede at New Year's Celebration Kills Dozens in Ivory Coast Nossiter Adam 1 January 2013 The New York Times 1 January 2013 See also Crowd collapses and crushes References Category:2013 in Ivory Coast Category:2013 riots Category:Human stampedes in 2013 Category:Crowd collapses and crushes in stadiums Category:Le Plateau, Abidjan Category:Man-made disasters in Ivory Coast Category:January 2013 in Africa Category:Crowd collapses and crushes in Africa