 Entrance to the Niamiha metro station in 2005 | |
| Date | 30 May 1999 |
|---|---|
| Location | Minsk, Belarus |
| Deaths | 53 |
The Nyamiha stampede took place at Nyamiha metro station in Minsk, Belarus. On May 30, 1999, a sudden thunderstorm caused a number of young people to race for shelter during an open-air concert nearby. The stampede was funneled into the blocked underpass of the metro station and many people (mostly young women) were killed in the ensuing crowd crush when they started slipping on the wet pavement, falling, and trampling each other.[1][2][3]
The official death toll was 53.
Belarus had a three-day mourning period after the event.
- ^ "Belarus stampede kills 54". BBC News. 31 May 1999. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ Tragedii͡a︡ na Nemige fakty, svidetelʹstva, kommentarii : Minsk 30 mai͡a︡ 1999 goda Tatʹi͡a︡na Revi͡a︡ko, Polina Stepanenko. Published 2000 by GTD in Minsk, Vilʹni͡u︡s . Written in Russian.
- ^ "Трагедия на Немиге: как подземный переход стал туннелем смерти" [Tragedy on Nemiga: how the underpass became a tunnel of death]. Gazetaby.com (in Russian). 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2018.