Over 120 People Killed During A Stampede In India

Posted • July 3, 2024: At least 121 people, many of them women and children, have died in a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India, officials have said. More than 80 others were taken to hospitals after the crush in a village in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, roughly 125 miles southeast of the country's capital New Delhi. The district's administrator Ashish Kumar said the incident happened "due to overcrowding at the time when people were trying to leave the venue". Initial reports suggested more than 15,000 people had gathered for the event, which had permission to host around 5,000. Video recorded by news agency ANI showed bodies placed in the back of trucks and laid out in vehicles.