News: fatal stampede in Madhya Pradesh
Oct 14, 2013 1:51:16 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Oct 14, 2013 1:51:16 GMT
(from various sources:)
Some 50,000 Hindu pilgrims were on their way to the Mandula Devi temple to attend a ceremony during an annual festival to the goddess Durga. The temple is 60 kilometers from Datia, the capital of Datia District in Madhya Pradesh state.
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It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bridge when the stampede started. Local media said some 500,000 people had gone to the remote Ratangarh village temple in the Madhya Pradesh district of Datia to honour the Hindu mother goddess Durga on the last day of the popular 10-day Navaratra festival.
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Police said the stampede happened as pilgrims were crossing a bridge over the River Sindh, on their way to the temple.
...the crowd rushed for the exit when a rumour spread that the bridge might collapse after it was hit by a tractor.
Some 20,000 people were on the bridge when the stampede broke out, according to police.
115 killed, over 100 injured in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede <-- click
Some 50,000 Hindu pilgrims were on their way to the Mandula Devi temple to attend a ceremony during an annual festival to the goddess Durga. The temple is 60 kilometers from Datia, the capital of Datia District in Madhya Pradesh state.
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It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bridge when the stampede started. Local media said some 500,000 people had gone to the remote Ratangarh village temple in the Madhya Pradesh district of Datia to honour the Hindu mother goddess Durga on the last day of the popular 10-day Navaratra festival.
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Police said the stampede happened as pilgrims were crossing a bridge over the River Sindh, on their way to the temple.
...the crowd rushed for the exit when a rumour spread that the bridge might collapse after it was hit by a tractor.
Some 20,000 people were on the bridge when the stampede broke out, according to police.
115 killed, over 100 injured in Madhya Pradesh temple stampede <-- click