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2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede

2013 human crush at a stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Summary

2013 human crush at a stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

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title	2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede
image_name	AbidjanStade.JPG
image_size	225px
caption	Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium
location of the stampede
date
place	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
coordinates
cause	Stampede
reported injuries	200
reported death(s)	61

location of the stampede | reported death(s) = 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, 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. 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, with upwards of 200 injured. 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". 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.

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." Bakayoko went on to say that "the precise circumstances of this tragic occurrence are being looked into by the security services".

References

Bakayoko, Inza. (1 January 2013). "61 killed in New Year's stampede in Abidjan, Ivory Coast".
(1 January 2013). "61 killed in New Year's stampede in Ivory Coast". Fox News.
Bakayoko, Inza. (1 January 2013). "Stampede After Fireworks Kills 61 in Ivory Coast". [[Time (magazine).
(1 January 2013). "Ivory Coast new year stampede kills dozens in Abidjan". BBC.
(1 January 2013). "Scores killed in Ivory Coast stampede". Al Jazeera.
(1 January 2013). "Scores killed in Ivory Coast fireworks stampede". The Guardian.
Halasz, Stephanie. (1 January 2013). "60 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stampede, minister says". CNN.
Nossiter, Adam. (1 January 2013). "Stampede at New Year's Celebration Kills Dozens in Ivory Coast". The New York Times.

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