India's Kumbh Mela, world's largest religious gathering
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A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected
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A deadly stampede on Wednesday hit India's Kumbh Mela, a vast Hindu festival held by the banks of the Ganges river that 400 million pilgrims are expected
After a crowd crush killed dozens of people at the world's largest religious gathering, questions have been raised about security and crowd control at massive events in India.
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 in
Several people have been injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela — the world’s largest religious festival in India — as devotees gathered for a holy dip in the river.
At least seven people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious festival in India, a gathering where millions take part in rituals and offer prayers.
Millions continued to throng the site even as police urged them to avoid the area. Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas.
Police say at least 30 people were killed and many more injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering as millions of pilgrims rushed to dip in sacred waters during the Maha Kumbh festival in northern India. Police said 60 others were injured Wednesday.
By Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — A crowd crush has injured several people at the world’s largest religious festival in India, organizers reported Wednesday. The crush at the Maha Kumbh Mela in the city of Prayagraj occurred after a barrier broke, according to Akanksha Rana, special executive officer fo…
At least seven people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a stampede at the world’s largest religious festival in India, a gathering where millions take part in rituals and offer prayers.
At least 30 people were killed and another 60 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh festival, a six-week Hindu festival and the world’s largest religious gathering.
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.
Witnesses describe surging crowds that trampled people on the banks of the Ganges as they arrived to bathe on one of the most auspicious days of the Hindu festival
Early reports suggested at least seven people had died, perhaps more, in a stampede at a Hindu gathering in the city of Prayagraj. Researchers in Germany have tried to explain such events since a tragedy here in 2010.
Nearly 40 bodies were brought to a hospital morgue after a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, three police sources told Reuters, as tens of millions gathered to bathe in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week festival.
Pilgrims are desperately searching for missing loved ones after deadly crushes in Prayagraj where the world’s largest religious gathering is taking place
