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Severe Overcrowding, Lack Of Exits and Mud Contributed To Deadly Stampede In India – KXL
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A man weeps while hugging the father-in-law of his 37-year-old sister Ruby, victim of a stampede, outside Hathras district hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Thousands of people at a religious gathering rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than hundred people and injured scores. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
HATHRAS, India (AP) — Authorities say severe overcrowding and a lack of exits contributed to a stampede at a religious festival in northern India that left at least 121 people dead as the faithful surged toward the preacher to touch him and chaos ensued.
A local official said five of those died on Wednesday morning.
Another 28 people were still being treated in a hospital.
Deadly stampedes are relatively common at Indian religious festivals.
Large crowds gather at them, often in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures.
Some quarter of a million people turned up for the event Tuesday that was permitted to accommodate 80,000.
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