Death toll from stampede at religious event in India rises to 116 | Video

Hathras, Jul 3 (EFE/EPA).- A stampede at the end of a religious event in northern India killed at least 116 people on Tuesday, officials said, indicating that the event had exceeded the permitted attendance limit of 80,000 and that they would press charges against the organizers.

The stampede, the deadliest in more than a decade, occurred in a village in Hathras district in the north-central state of Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, about 200 km southeast of New Delhi. (Camera: HARISH TYAGI).

SHOT LIST: THE SCENE AFTER A STAMPEDE IN HATHRAS; FORENSIC EXPERTS GATHER THE EVIDENCE FROM THE FIELD AFTER A STAMPEDE IN HATHRAS; AND BELONGS LEFT BEHIND BY STAMPEDE VICTIMS LAY AT THE SCENE, IN HATHRAS, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA.

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Date: 03/07/2024 04:42 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Disaster and accident
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 238 seconds
Reference: 7001378810
Relevance: Normal