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27 dead, many injured in stampede at Hindu prayer meeting in India
27 die in Indian stampede [NAN]
No fewer than 27 people, mostly women, died in a stampede at a religious gathering in a town in northern India on Tuesday.
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No fewer than 27 people, mostly women, died in a stampede at a religious gathering in a town in northern India on Tuesday.
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Local medical authorities said the stampede in Mughalghari village in Uttar Pradesh took place as hundreds of people who gathered for a Hindu prayer meeting were leaving the venue.
The local Chief Medical Officer, Rajkumar Aggarwal, said 27 bodies were taken to a local hospital, most of them were women and children. He added that many others were injured.
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