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At least 11 dead in stampede outside cricket stadium in southern India

People gather to celebrate Royal Challengers Bengaluru's first IPL title win, outside a cricket stadium in Bengaluru, India, June 4, 2025 [Reuters]

At least 11 people have been killed and many more injured in a stampede outside a cricket stadium in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to celebrate the home team’s victory in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s most popular Twenty20 cricket tournament.

“No one expected such a huge crowd,” India’s chief minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, said on Wednesday. “The stadium has a capacity of only 35,000 people, but 200,000-300,000 people came.”

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