91 killed in Indian temple
At least 91 people were killed when there was panic at a Hindu shrine in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh today. Over 100 others are injured.
Up to 500,000 pilgrims had gathered at the temple Ratangarh, located around 60 kilometers from the town of Datia, to participate in a major religious festival. Police said the BBC that there was panic when the pilgrims would cross a bridge over the river Sindh, near the sanctuary.
- The number may rise
- 60 people are confirmed killed, but the number may come up in 100, says deputy police chief of the district, General DK Arya said. He says that there was panic when that one tractor by an accident drove into the bridge. It began to rumor that the bridge was about to collapse, and people began to run to come over.
Most of the victims were trampled to complete in panic. There are fears that many of those who fall in the river, have not managed to come up on land.
Not confirmed sources say that as many as 20,000 people were on the bridge when the panic occurred.
Dismissing club use
The Indian television station NDTV reports that the situation evolved for the worse when police used clubs to try to calm the population. Display the police chief denies on its part that it was used clubs.
Hindus celebrate in these days of the end of the large Navarati Festival, a celebration in honor of the Hindu god Durga. Several million pilgrims participate in this selection every year.
Hindu festivals in India has several times previously been the scene of panic erupts which has led many have been trampled to complete. In 2008 killed at least 220 people after the stampede occurred at the Chamunda Devi temple in Jodhpur.
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