Global & Disaster Medicine

At least 24 people died and dozens more were hurt in a stampede in the ancient city of Varanasi on Saturday

October 16th, 2016

Reuters

“….Deadly stampedes are common at India’s big pilgrimages and religious festivals.

In 2008, 145 people died when a panicking crowd pushed people over a ravine in north India.

In 2013 a crowd rush at a railway station killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims, attending a festival.

Last July, at least 27 were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede at a Hindu festival in south India and in

August 10 more died in a similar incident in Jharkhand…..”

 

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