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More than seven killed in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival

 Published: 12:18, 29 January 2025

More than seven killed in stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival

More than seven people were killed and around 10 injured in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, said an official, as tens of millions gathered to take a holy dip on the most auspicious day of the six-week Hindu festival.

Video and photographs after the stampede showed bodies being taken away on stretchers and people sitting on the ground crying, while others stepped over a carpet of discarded belongings left by people as they tried to escape the stampede.

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