A stampede at a religious event in India has killed at least 105 people, many women and children

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A stampede at a religious gathering of thousands in northern India has killed at least 105 people, many of them women and children.

A stampede at a religious event in India has killed at least 105 people, many women and childrenA stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering in northern India has killed at least 105 and left scores injured, officials said Tuesday, with many women and children among the dead.

Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures. "People started falling one upon another, one upon another. Those who were crushed died. People there pulled them out," witness Shakuntala Devi told the Press Trust of India news agency.

 

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