Many feared injured in crowd surge at Indian religious festival
There has been no confirmation of how many people may have been injured or killed, as emergency officials are seen taking people away in stretchers.
Worshippers killed, injured in stampede at India's Kumbh Mela religious festival
Dozens of worshippers are feared dead and many more injured following a stampede or crush Wednesday at the massive Kumbh Mela religious festival in northern India, according to officials.
At least 15 die in stampede at India’s Kumbh Mela festival
Footage showed bodies being stretchered away and people sitting crying, while others stepped over a carpet of discarded belongings.
The Maha Kumbh festival in northern India is the world's largest religious gathering
Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth
At least seven people dead in India after stampede at religious festival
Fears dozens of worshippers are dead following the crowd crush in Prayagraj city, where millions gathered to attend the bathing day
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Worshippers feared killed in crowd crush at India's huge Kumbh Mela festival
The accident is believed to have happened at the Kumbh Mela festival when people who were sleeping by the riverbanks in Prayagraj were trampled by others who had taken a dip in the holy waters. Stay with us and we will bring you the latest on this developing story.
Kumbh Mela stampede latest: Many feared dead in crowd crush at world’s largest religious festival
Wednesday marked a particularly significant bathing day, with officials anticipating a record turnout of 100 million devotees at the pilgrimage site. The Maha Kumbh Mela, which takes place every 12 years, began on 13 January, with over 400 million people expected to visit before the festival concludes.
15 dead in India stampede at Hindu mega-festival
A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival told AFP Wednesday. More than 400 people died after being trampled or drowned at the Kumbh Mela on a single day of the festival in 1954,
At least 15 dead in stampede at India’s giant Hindu festival
A local government official said the stampede began after crowd control barriers broke. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival
Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country’s northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that has injured dozen
More than seven killed in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival, official says
More than seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, said an official, as tens of millions gathered to take a holy dip on the most auspicious day of the six-week Hindu festival.
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