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India: 63 dead, dozens injured in temple stampede
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-03-04 18:04
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LUCKNOW, India – A stampede broke out in at a temple in northern India as
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Thousands were gathering at the temple to receive free goods to mark the anniversary of the death of the wife of the leader, Kripalu Maharaj, said Brij Lal, a senior local police official.
Deadly stampedes are a relatively common occurrence at temples in India, where large crowds -- sometimes hundreds of thousands of people -- congregate in small areas lacking facilities to control big gatherings.
In 2008, more than 145 people died in a stampede at a remote Hindu temple at the foothill of the Himalayas.
