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{{Infobox news event
| image = File:India Maharashtra locator map.svg
| caption = Location of Maharashtra state in India
| title = 2014 Mumbai stampede
| date = 18 January 2014
| time =
| place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| coordinates =
| reported deaths = 18
| reported injuries = 56<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/mumbai-18-people-killed-in-stampede-after-bohra-leader-dies/article1-1174113.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118193146/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/mumbai-18-people-killed-in-stampede-after-bohra-leader-dies/article1-1174113.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2014 |title=18 people killed in stampede in Mumbai |publisher=Hindustantimes.com |date=2014-01-18 |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref>
}}

On 18 January 2014, a [[stampede]] broke out in [[Mumbai]] near the [[Malabar Hill]] residence of [[Dawoodi Bohra]]'s spiritual leader [[Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin]], who had died on 17 January 2014.<ref name=htimes1/>

==Events==
The stampede started around 1:30 a.m. when his supporters had assembled to pay their last respect after the gates were opened and the crowds burst in.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/world/asia/india-deadly-stampede.html?_r=0 | title=A Stampede of Mourners in India Kills at Least 18 | date=18 January 2014 | newspaper=The New York Times | first1=Mansi | last1=Choksi | first2=Gardiner | last2=Harris | access-date=26 October 2018 }}</ref> According to the BBC, "reports suggest people were crushed after the gates of the house where the body of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin were kept were closed."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-25790752 |title=Funeral stampede kills 18 in Indian city of Mumbai |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2014-01-18 |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref> Eighteen people were confirmed dead and around fifty-six injured.<ref>{{cite web|title=Malabar Hill Stampede leaves 18 Dead and 20 injured|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/malabar-hill-stampede-leaves-18-dead-and-20-injured/|work=Biharprabha News|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="ZeeNewsJan2014">{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-laid-to-rest-in-mumbai-70-000-mourners-attend-funeral_904988.html|title=Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin laid to rest in Mumbai, 70,000 mourners attend funeral|date=19 January 2014|publisher=Zee Media Corporation Ltd|quote="At least 70,000 mourners attended the funeral of their spiritual leader. At least 18 people were killed and over 50 others were injured in a stampede that broke out early Saturday near the Malabar Hill residence of Syedna, officials said."|work=zeenews.india.com/|access-date=12 February 2014|author=Staff writer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212175158/http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-laid-to-rest-in-mumbai-70-000-mourners-attend-funeral_904988.html|archive-date=12 February 2014}}</ref>

According to one mourner, "There were a lot of people pouring in, and there was not much attention given by the government and the police, who should have been here and who should have managed things."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/mumbai-stampede-dawoodi-bohra-muslim-idINDEEA0H02220140118 |title=Eighteen die in stampede at home of Muslim spiritual leader in Mumbai |publisher=In.reuters.com |date=2014-01-18 |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref> Another mourner said, "In an attempt to get a glimpse of the Syedna, people started climbing on the main gates. Several fell and commotion ensued."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/maharashtra/mumbai-stampede-ahead-of-funeral-of-a-spiritual-leader-kills-at-least-18-injures-over-45/ |title=18 killed in stampede ahead of Bohra leader’s funeral in Mumbai |publisher=Indianexpress.com |date=2014-01-19 |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref>

A full list of the victims and their ages was later provided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-18-dead-in-mumbai-in-stampede-outside-dawoodi-bohra-spiritual-leader-syedna-mohammed-burhanuddin-s-residence-1952858 |title=18 dead in Mumbai in stampede outside Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin's residence |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2014-01-18 |access-date=2014-06-12}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name=htimes1>{{cite news|title=18 people killed in Mumbai stampede|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/at-least-18-people-killed-in-mumbai-stampede/article1-1174113.aspx|access-date=18 January 2014|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=18 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120173043/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/at-least-18-people-killed-in-mumbai-stampede/article1-1174113.aspx|archive-date=2014-01-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Disasters in India in 2014}}

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[[Category:Human stampedes in 2014|Mumbai stampede]]
[[Category:History of Mumbai (1947–present)]]
[[Category:2014 disasters in India|Mumbai stampede]]
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[[Category:2010s in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Disasters in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:January 2014 events in India|Mumbai stampede]]

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