{"id":4504,"date":"2025-01-31T11:57:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=4504"},"modified":"2025-01-31T11:57:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T11:57:35","slug":"15-due-several-injured-in-stampede-at-religious-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/15-due-several-injured-in-stampede-at-religious-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"15 due, several injured in stampede at religious gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4505\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250129-094439-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250129-094439-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250129-094439.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"m#msg-a:r-2186292487088941044\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">View pictures in App save up to 80% data.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m#msg-a:r-2186292487088941044-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A stampede at the world\u2019s largest religious gathering killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival in northern India told AFP Wednesday.Deadly crowd accidents are frequent occurrence at Indian religious festivals, including the Kumbh Mela, which attracts throngs of devotees every 12 years to the city of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>The six-week festival is the single biggest milestone on the Hindu religious calendar, and millions of people had travelled there to take a dip in the confluence of holy rivers.<\/p>\n<p>Pilgrim Renu Devi, 48, told AFP that a huge crowd was moving down a promenade to reach the rivers abutting the festival site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sitting near a barricade, and during the pushing and shoving, the entire crowd fell on top of me, trampling me as it moved forward,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the crowd surged, elderly people and women were crushed, and no one came forward to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rescue teams working with pilgrims to carry victims from the accident site weaved through piles of clothes, shoes and other discarded belongings.<\/p>\n<p>Police were seen carrying stretchers bearing the bodies of victims draped with thick blankets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least 15 people\u201d were killed, a doctor at a hospital tending to survivors told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to media. 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