2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster

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Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster

Pilgrims crossed east from Al Kazimiyah (Al Kadimiyah) over A'imma (Al-Aimmah) bridge
Date	August 31, 2005 (2005-08-31)
Location	Al-Aimmah Bridge, Baghdad, Iraq
Coordinates	33°22′30″N 44°21′19″E / 33.374898°N 44.355208°E / 33.374898; 44.355208
Type	Crowd crush, bridge collapse
Deaths	953

The Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster (Arabic: كارثة جسر الائمة, lit. 'Bridge of the Imams disaster') occurred on August 31, 2005 when 953 people died following a panic, and subsequent crowd crush, on the Al-Aimmah Bridge, which crosses the Tigris river in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.