Stampede at India's Kumbh Mela Hindu mega-festival leaves at least 30 people dead, police say
A senior police officer said at least 30 people died as a crowd panicked at the Hindu Kumbh Mela mega-festival in the northern city of Prayagraj.
Frantic Rescue Effort After Stampede at a Hindu Festival in India
People were trampled as pilgrims rushed to bathe in holy waters at the Maha Kumbh Mela, a huge Hindu festival. Many pilgrims rushed to safety while first responders searched the site. People looked for their loved ones and their belongings.
Dozens are injured in a stampede at India's massive Hindu festival
NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of people at a massive religious gathering in India rushed to take a holy bath in the country's northern Prayagraj city, setting off a stampede early Wednesday that injured dozens, local media reported.
At least 30 killed in stampede at massive Hindu festival in India
Videos from the scene showed victims being rushed to ambulances or lying motionless on the ground after a large crowd broke through police barricades.
At Least 30 Dead and Many More Hurt in Stampede at Huge Hindu Festival in India
People were trampled as pilgrims at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s biggest gatherings, gathered where the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers meet, officials said.
Thirty killed in crowd crush at India's Kumbh Mela festival
The Kumbh Mela happens every 12 years at Sangam, the confluence of three sacred rivers - the Ganges (Ganga), Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. Hindus believe that bathing in the sacred waters will cleanse them of sins and help them attain salvation.
Police say at least 30 people have died in a stampede at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in India
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 fe
Multiple people killed in crowd crush at India’s Kumbh Mela religious festival
Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of a Hindu festival.
Bodies, clothes, bags lie on ground after stampede at mass Hindu gathering in India
Witnesses described a mass of people rushing to take a pre-dawn dip at the confluence of the three sacred rivers.
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