2024-07-02 19:45:10
(ANSA) – LUCKNOW, JULY 3 – No less than 116 individuals have died in a stampede after a Hindu non secular gathering in northern India, authorities officers stated, calling it the worst such tragedy in additional than a decade. A big crowd had gathered close to the city of Hathras to hearken to a sermon by a well known preacher, however as they have been returning house a sandstorm hit them, inflicting panic. Many worshippers fell on high of one another and have been crushed or trampled, others fell right into a drainage ditch within the chaos. It seems that “there have been extra individuals than have been authorised” on the gathering, based on senior police official Shalabh Mathur. Spiritual gatherings in India have a grim report of fatalities brought on by mismanagement of individuals attending occasions and safety lapses. No less than 112 individuals have been killed in 2016 in an enormous explosion brought on by a banned fireworks show at a temple celebrating the Hindu New 12 months. The blast tore via concrete buildings and sparked a fireplace at a temple advanced in Kerala state, the place 1000’s of individuals had gathered. One other 115 devotees have been killed in 2013 in a stampede on a bridge close to a temple in Madhya Pradesh. As much as 400,000 individuals gathered within the space and folks fled after rumours unfold that the bridge was about to break down. In 2008, 224 pilgrims have been killed and greater than 400 injured in a stampede at a hilltop temple within the northern metropolis of Jodhpur. (ANSA).
2024-07-02 19:45:10