Death Toll From Indian Stampede Rises
An Indian official says the death toll from a stampede near a temple in central India has risen to 109 after many victims succumbed to their injuries.
Thousands of Hindu pilgrims were crossing a bridge leading to a temple in Madhya Pradesh state on October 13 when they panicked at rumors the bridge would collapse.
The district medical officer, R.S. Gupta, said a day later that autopsies had been carried out on 109 bodies.
Hundreds of thousands of devotees had thronged the remote Ratangarh village temple to honor the Hindu mother goddess Durga on the last day of the popular 10-day Navaratra festival.
Thousands of Hindu pilgrims were crossing a bridge leading to a temple in Madhya Pradesh state on October 13 when they panicked at rumors the bridge would collapse.
The district medical officer, R.S. Gupta, said a day later that autopsies had been carried out on 109 bodies.
Hundreds of thousands of devotees had thronged the remote Ratangarh village temple to honor the Hindu mother goddess Durga on the last day of the popular 10-day Navaratra festival.
