Stampede at North Indian Religious Event Kills 116 People

About 116 people were killed in a stampede at an over-crowded religious event in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, according to a government official.

The latest death toll includes seven children and a man, while all the rest were women devotees attending the religious gathering, Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh told reporters at the incident site in Pulrai village of Hathras district. As many as 72 bodies have been identified, he said.

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