Deadliest stampedes of the last decade

Emergency workers standing beside a stretcher with the body of a victim of a Halloween stampede in the district of Itaewon in Seoul on Oct 30, 2022. - AFP

PARIS (AFP): The crush that killed more than 150 people in Seoul during a Halloween party is among the deadliest stampedes of the last decade. Here are the most deadly:

> Mecca: 2,300 dead - On Sept 24, 2015, a massive stampede on the site of the stoning of the devil ritual in Mina near Mecca during the annual pilgrimage caused around 2,300 deaths, the deadliest disaster in the haj's history.