{"id":142103,"date":"2015-08-10T08:41:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T08:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142103"},"modified":"2015-08-10T08:41:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T08:41:23","slug":"10-killed-in-stampede-at-india-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/10-killed-in-stampede-at-india-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"10 killed in stampede at India temple"},"content":{"rendered":"
A stampede outside a Hindu temple early on Monday killed at least 10 pilgrims in eastern India with others injured in the crush of up to 150,000 people, a police officer said.<\/p>\n
The stampede at the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga temple in the state of Jharkhand erupted after pilgrims surged towards the building shortly after the doors opened, the officer told AFP.<\/p>\n
Those sleeping in the kilometres-long queue were trampled as others pushed towards the doors, SN Pradhan, additional director general of police in Jharkhand, said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany tried to rush to the head of the queue which led to chaos and as some of them fell, the devotees got trampled,\u201d Pradhan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTen people including one female devotee are now confirmed dead. Another 15 to 20 people have received injuries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Stampedes at India\u2019s religious festivals, where a mixture of police and volunteer stewards are often overwhelmed by the sheer size of the crowds, are not uncommon.<\/p>\n
A stampede on the banks of a holy river killed at least 27 pilgrims last month in Rajahmundry, on the border of the southern twin states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.<\/p>\n
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Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A stampede outside a Hindu temple early on Monday killed at least 10 pilgrims in eastern India with others injured in the crush of up to 150,000 people, a police officer said. The stampede at the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga temple in the state of Jharkhand erupted after pilgrims surged towards the building shortly after the doors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":142104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[14],"yoast_head":"\n