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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Police personnel gather around the crowd at the site of stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj. — Pic by AFP
PRAYAGRAJ (India), Jan 29 — A stampede at the world’s largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj told AFP Wednesday.
“At least 15 people have died for now. Others are being treated,” said the doctor in Prayagraj city, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to media.
An AFP photographer saw rescuers and worshippers evacuating victims from the scene and people climbing over a barrier.
Deadly crowd crushes are a notorious feature of Indian religious festivals, and the Kumbh Mela, with its unfathomable throngs of devotees, already had a grim track record of deadly crowd crushes before the latest incident overnight.
Local government official Akanksha Rana told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency that the stampede began after crowd control barriers “broke”.
The six-week festival is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and millions of people were expected to be present today for a sacred day of ritual bathing at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers. — AFP
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