At least 110 people trample on religious meeting in India – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The tragedy unfolded shortly after a Hindu religious ceremony in the district of Hathras in the north of the country, write local media. – The participants were on their way out of the venue when a storm of dust particles blinded them. This led to an influx of people and this tragic event. So says Chaitra V., a top manager in the administration of nearby Aligarh city. Mourners gather around one of the dead outside Sikandrarao Hospital in Hathras district. Photo: Manoj Aligadi / AP Local authorities say to Reuters that they have found 116 dead people. At the same time, more than 150 have been sent to hospital with injuries, according to the New York Times. – There was wet mud in one place where people may have slipped. Because of the heat, it is possible that people went to an area where there was water, which may also have caused the incident. Local police tell the BBC that it will take hours before they have counted all the dead. Many have turned up at the hospital to look for their loved ones, and many of the dead are still unidentified, reports the BBC journalist on the spot. The BBC reports that relatives have started transporting the victims to hospital with trucks, tuk-tuks and even motorbikes, because there were not enough ambulances. Photo: Manoj Aligadi / AP Skuldar in an overcrowded venue According to local police, up to 15,000 participants were present, even though the organizers only had permission to accommodate 5,000. – When the service was finished, everyone started to run out, says a woman named as Shakuntala to the news agency Press Trust of India. A group of police officers met the gathering outside the hospital on Tuesday evening. Photo: PAWAN SHARMA / AFP – People fell into a gutter by the road. They started to do this on top of each other and ended up in a hug until they died. Umesh Kumar Tripathi, a hospital manager in the neighboring district of Etah, tells local media that medical personnel have identified three dead children. Tripathi adds that most of the dead are women, and that “many injured” have been hospitalized. She says the administration is trying to provide all the help they can. When the first reports of the incident came, local authorities reported 50 dead. Now the number has more than doubled. Photo: PAWAN SHARMA / AFP Demand that the incident be investigated The Chief Minister of the state has ordered that the incident be investigated. The authorities in Hathras say that investigations into the deceased are underway. The incident is not unprecedented during major religious festivals in India. But this is the worst in years. In 2013, approximately 115 people died in a similar incident in the Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh. Then 150,000 people gathered to celebrate Navratri. Five years earlier, 250 people were trampled to death in the Chamundagar temple in Rajasthan. Published 02.07.2024, at 17.40 Updated 02.07.2024, at 18.20



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