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India stampede: Patna crush 'leaves 32 dead' | |
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At least 32 people have died in a stampede at a Hindu religious festival in Bihar in northern India, officials say. | |
Many of those killed in the incident in the state capital of Patna were women and children, Bihar chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh told the BBC. | Many of those killed in the incident in the state capital of Patna were women and children, Bihar chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh told the BBC. |
He said 24 others were taken to the state hospital with injuries. | |
The stampede broke out in Patna's Gandhi Maidan, as celebrations for the festival of Dussehra were being held. | The stampede broke out in Patna's Gandhi Maidan, as celebrations for the festival of Dussehra were being held. |
It is not yet clear what caused the incident, with reports suggesting it occurred in a narrow road as crowds dispersed from the outdoor venue. | It is not yet clear what caused the incident, with reports suggesting it occurred in a narrow road as crowds dispersed from the outdoor venue. |
Eyewitnesses quoted by India's NDTV say the stampede started after word spread through the crowd that an electrical wire had snapped off and fallen down. | Eyewitnesses quoted by India's NDTV say the stampede started after word spread through the crowd that an electrical wire had snapped off and fallen down. |
Local journalist Niraj Sahay, who was at the scene, says an eyewitness told him that only one of the exits was opened for people to leave. | Local journalist Niraj Sahay, who was at the scene, says an eyewitness told him that only one of the exits was opened for people to leave. |
The stampede started when some wires fell on the crowd, which people thought were electricity wires, he tells BBC Hindi. | The stampede started when some wires fell on the crowd, which people thought were electricity wires, he tells BBC Hindi. |
Hindu festivals in India are notorious for deadly stampedes, with large crowds often gathering in confined spaces. | Hindu festivals in India are notorious for deadly stampedes, with large crowds often gathering in confined spaces. |
Crowd control is sometimes poor, with casualties from stampedes in some cases running into hundreds, BBC South Asia editor Jill McGivering says. | Crowd control is sometimes poor, with casualties from stampedes in some cases running into hundreds, BBC South Asia editor Jill McGivering says. |
In August 10 people were killed in another stampede at the Hindu festival of Somvati Amavasya in central India. | In August 10 people were killed in another stampede at the Hindu festival of Somvati Amavasya in central India. |
In October 2013 some 91 pilgrims, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival near the Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh state. | In October 2013 some 91 pilgrims, mostly women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival near the Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh state. |