36 dead in India Kumbh Mela stampede

At least 36 people have died in a deadly stampede at a railway station near India’s giant Kumbh Mela festival, reports said on Monday. Dozens more were injured in the crush, which marked a tragic end to the most auspicious day of the 55-day festival in northern India. The festival drew a record 30 million people to the banks of the river Ganges. Local officials said that the railings on a bridge at the station had given way under the pressure of the mass of people, while eyewitnesses told local media that the police had baton-charged the crowd.

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