Learn more

At least 107 people, mostly women and children, died in a stampede Tuesday as they tried to exit from a crowded venue of a religious gathering in northern India, according to regional administration officials. Thousands people had gathered for a prayer meeting and sermon organized by a local godman at a tented venue off a highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district. Some people fainted because of the high humidity and as others tried to rush out, some fell leading to the stampede, senior Uttar Pradesh official Chaitra V said. “The death toll is now 107 and 18 are being treated in local hospita…

cuu