The crowd crush that happened during the annual music event founded by Travis Scott was certainly not the first tragedy that occurred at a concert, but hopefully it will be the last.
- Nov 14, 2021
AceShowbiz - Another large music festival held overseas, Mawazine Festival often attracted millions of people over days-long festival taking places on several different stages. On May 23, 2009, during the eighth edition of the festival, a stampede occurred near the end of a free concert by Moroccan pop star Abdelaziz Stati at the Hay Nahda stadium.
At the time, concertgoers attempted to leave in a hurry in order to catch other performances at different stages. The rush caused a fence to collapse, endangering the lives of the 70,000 spectators. Eleven people were crushed to death and they were all found after the stampede had completed. Forty were also injured in the incident.
