Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100 people, almost all of them women
At least 116 people, all but one of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a religious event in northern India, authorities said.
At least 116 people, all but one of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a religious event in northern India, authorities said.
Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered at the Tuesday event, which was held amid sweltering heat in a makeshift tent in the Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh state, about 125 miles southeast of the Indian capital, New Delhi.
The stampede began at the end of the event when a crowd of devotees rushed to touch the Hindu preacher hosting it as he left the stage, the state’s chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, said late Tuesday in a video posted on X.
Adityanath announced compensation of $2,400 each for the families of the deceased and $600 for those critically injured.
“The central government will investigate every bit of this tragic accident,” he said. “Whether this was an accident or a conspiracy will also be investigated.”
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