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{{Infobox event|English_name=Downtown Stadium Incident|native_name=Pongà Daiqnyume Lyankũ|image_name=1986downtown.png|Image_Caption=From top to bottom, protesters running away from a burning armoured vehicle; Revolutionary Gendarmerie on standby in anti-riot gear; a crowd gathering to listen to a protest leader voicing demands}}
 
The 1986 '''Downtown Stadium Incident''' was a mass demonstration in the [[Downtown Stadium]] in Jikhein, culminating in the deaths of 523 people. Its main cause was the draconic quarantine restrictions imposed during the [[1985 SARS epidemic]], but other elements include widening wealth gaps, stagnant wages, workers' rights, and racial tensions in urban areas.

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Downtown Stadium Incident
From top to bottom, protesters running away from a burning armoured vehicle; Revolutionary Gendarmerie on standby in anti-riot gear; a crowd gathering to listen to a protest leader voicing demands
Native name Pongà Daiqnyume Lyankũ
English nameDowntown Stadium Incident

The 1986 Downtown Stadium Incident was a mass demonstration in the Downtown Stadium in Jikhein, culminating in the deaths of 523 people. Its main cause was the draconic quarantine restrictions imposed during the 1985 SARS epidemic, but other elements include widening wealth gaps, stagnant wages, workers' rights, and racial tensions in urban areas.