2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster
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.
Pilgrims crossed east from Al Kazimiyah (Al Kadimiyah) over A'imma (Al-Aimmah) bridge | |
| Date | August 31, 2005 |
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| Location | Al-Aimmah Bridge, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Coordinates | 33.374898°N 44.355208°E |
| Type | Crowd crush, bridge collapse |
| Deaths | 953 |
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