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01-15-2011, 12:31 AM
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Stampede Kills 100 in Southern India
-- One-hundred people died and 14 were injured during a stampede near a temple in southern India, the home secretary of Kerala state said. Pilgrims were returning from a ritual at a Hindu temple when a vehicle overturned, prompting the stampede, said Home Secretary Jai Kumar. The incident occurred about 5 miles from the Sabarimala Temple, Kumar said. The vehicle struck many of the people in a narrow stretch through a forest, the news agency Press Trust of India reported. |