Kathmandu stadium disaster
Coordinates: 27°41′41″N 85°18′55″E / 27.6947°N 85.3152°E The Kathmandu Stadium Disaster occurred on 12 March 1988 at the Dasarath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal during an association football match between Janakpur Cigarette Factory Ltd and Liberation Army of Bangladesh for the 1988 Tribhuvan Challenge Shield. At least 80 people were killed and 100 more were injured when fans attempted to flee from a hail storm inside the national Dasarath Rangasala Stadium. The Kathmandu stadium disaster is the 9th biggest stadium disaster until 2006(in terms of human loss, 80 spectators died), and the worst stadium disaster in Nepal.
The stadium was open terrace on three sides with the west side having the only grandstand. There are often significant hailstorms in Nepal at this time of year and on this occasion large hail began to lash the crowd causing some panic. The crowd surged towards the only cover (the west stand) but were beaten back by the police. They then returned to the south terrace where a crush developed in a tunnel exit through the terrace. The crowd could not escape because the stadium doors were locked, causing a fatal crush at the front.
Mahesh Bista, the-then executive committee member of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), said they were initially looking forward to postpone the match but, “we decided to hold it as the rainy morning had changed into a sunny afternoon”.
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