A minimum of 27 folks have died in a stampede throughout a non secular occasion in Hathras district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state, officers and native media reviews say.
“We have now obtained 27 our bodies thus far … our bodies are nonetheless coming,” the northern state’s senior medical officer Ram Mohan Tiwari instructed the AFP information company on Tuesday.
Crowds had gathered to have a good time the Hindu deity Shiva at a village in Hathras, some 140km (87 miles) southeast of New Delhi.
Police in Hathras stated the lifeless included 23 ladies, three kids and a person. He stated greater than 150 folks had been admitted to hospitals after the incident, including the dying toll might rise.
“Many injured have additionally been admitted,” Umesh Kumar Tripathi, the district’s chief medical officer, instructed reporters. “The first motive is a stampede throughout a non secular occasion.”
State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered an investigation into the incident.
“Directions have been given to the involved officers to conduct aid and rescue operations on battle footing and to supply correct remedy to the injured,” he wrote on X.
Lethal accidents are frequent at locations of worship in India throughout main spiritual festivals.
A minimum of 112 folks had been killed in 2016 after an enormous explosion attributable to a banned fireworks show at a temple marking the Hindu New Yr. The explosion ripped by concrete buildings and ignited a hearth at a temple advanced in Kerala state, the place hundreds had gathered.
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