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Stampede at religious festival in India kills more than 100, mostly women and children

An ambulance transporting a person injured during a stampede at a religious festival arrives at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district about 350 kilometers southwest of Lucknow, India, Tuesday, July 2, 2024. © Manoj Aligadi, AP

Over 100 people were crushed to death at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India, with dozens of others wounded. The incident was triggered as people were leaving the event following a gathering with a Hindi guru, and most of the victims were women. 

Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials said.

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