965 killed in Baghdad stampede

The bridge across the Tigris River in Baghdad is covered with shoes lost by people. The death toll in the stampede triggered by rumors saying there were suicide bombers in a large crowd on a Baghdad bridge Wednesday has risen to 965, with another 465 injured, according to an interior ministry source.

Rescuers search for people in the Tigris River in Baghdad on Aug 31, 2005. The death toll in the stampede triggered by rumors saying there were suicide bombers in a large crowd on a Baghdad bridge Wednesday has risen to 965, with another 465 injured, according to an interior ministry source.

The bridge across the Tigris River in Baghdad is covered with shoes lost by people. The death toll in the stampede triggered by rumors saying there were suicide bombers in a large crowd on a Baghdad bridge Wednesday has risen to 965, with another 465 injured, according to an interior ministry source.

A man injured in a stampede is pushed away on a wheelchair from a hospital in Baghdad August 31, 2005.

A car carrying Shiite Muslims drives away from the scene of a stampede in Baghdad August 31, 2005.

A man injured in a stampede leaves a hospital in Baghdad August 31, 2005.

An ambulance drives away from the scene of a stampede in Baghdad August 31, 2005.