Scores killed in India stampede

Published Jan 16, 2011

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A stampede of pilgrims returning from one of India's most popular Hindu festivals killed at least 102 people and injured 44 others. The stampede was set off on Friday night when a group of pilgrims in a jeep drove into a crowd of worshippers walking along a narrow forest path as they returned from offering prayers at the hilltop Sabarimala shrine in the state of Kerala in southern India, said local police official Sanjay Kumar.

All the injured were hospitalised, some in serious condition.

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