New Year celebrations across the world have been marred by tragedies over the past 25 years, like the deadly bar fire at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on Thursday. New Year 2025 in New Orleans: Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old former US soldier, drove his pickup truck into a New Year’s crowd in the heart of New Orleans, killing 14 people and injuring around 30 others. He was killed in an exchange of fire with police in the touristy French Quarter.
Police said he had expressed support for the Islamic State group in several videos. New Year 2017 in Istanbul: At least 39 people, including 27 foreigners, were killed and nearly 80 injured in a shooting at Reina, an upscale nightclub on Istanbul’s European shore. The assailant, armed with an assault rifle, fired randomly before fleeing.
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility and an Uzbek national, Abdulkadir Masharipov, was handed a life sentence in 2020. New Year 2004 in Indonesia: Around 10 people were killed and 32 injured by a bomb during a New Year’s Eve concert in Peureulak in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Authorities blamed the attack on rebels from the Free Aceh Movement, who were then the target of an Indonesian army offensive.
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New Year 2023 in Uganda: A stampede killed 10 people, mostly children, in Uganda who had gathered to watch a fireworks display. The victims, mostly aged 10 to 20, were in a crowd crammed into a narrow passageway to watch the pyrotechnics display outside the Freedom City Mall in the south of the capital, Kampala. Organisers had blocked most entrances to prevent unpaid attendees from slipping in.
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