Dozens killed in India’s Kumbh festival stampede

Last updated: 7:25am, 30th January (AEDT) Reuters Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday as tens of millions of Hindus gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week festival. Reuters counted 39 bodies in […]
India stampede: Six dead as thousands gather for free pass to visit Hindu temple
Hyderabad, India Reuters At least six people were killed and several others injured late on Wednesday in a stampede in southern India after thousands of devotees queued outside one of the most visited Hindu temples to collect tokens for a free visit to the deity. Authorities had set up counters at a school to issue […]
At least 13 dead in two crowd crushes in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters At least 13 people died in two incidents in Nigeria on Saturday as crowds, mostly women and children, scrambled for charity, police authorities said. In the state capital Abuja, at least 10 people died and many more were injured in a scramble to receive gifts of charity being distributed by the Holy […]
Guinea rights groups say 135 killed in stadium crush
Conrakry, Guinea Reuters Some 135 people were killed in a crush at a soccer stadium in south-east Guinea on Sunday, a local group of human rights organisations said, sharing an estimated death toll more than twice as high as the official toll of 56. A controversial refereeing decision sparked crowd violence and tear gas volleys […]
Guinea stadium crush kills 56 people after disputed refereeing decision

Conakry, Guinea Reuters A controversial refereeing decision sparked violence and a crush at a soccer match in south-east Guinea, killing 56 people, according to a provisional toll, the government said on Monday, as a witness described scenes of chaos. The fatalities occurred during the final of a tournament in honour of Guinea’s military leader Mamady […]
India stampede: main organiser of religious event surrenders to police

New Delhi, India Reuters The chief organiser of an Indian preacher’s event where a stampede killed 121 people this week surrendered to police on Friday, a lawyer for the preacher said, after police had launched a manhunt. Relatives mourn the death of stampede victims Kamlesh Jatav, 22, and her seven-month-old daughter in Daunkeli village, Hathras […]
Six arrested in connection with stampede in north India, police say

New Delhi, India Reuters Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested six people over a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week in which 121 people were killed. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the village of Phulrai Mughal Garhi in Hathras district where about 250,000 […]
India stampede killed 121 in wake of massive overcrowding, police say

Phulrai Mughal Garhi, India Reuters More than three times the permitted number of people attended a Hindu religious event in north India that culminated in a stampede, killing at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that most of the victims were women. About 250,000 people gathered for Tuesday’s event in the Hathras district […]
At least 116 people killed in stampede at Hindu religious event in India

Updated: 8am, 3rd July, 2024 New Delhi, India Reuters At least 116 people, many of them women and children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the country’s worst such tragedies in years. The stampede happened in a village in Hathras district […]
Updated: US VP Harris urges Hamas to agree to an immediate ceasefire, pushes Israel on aid to Gaza

Updated: 10:30am (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt/Rafah, Gaza Strip Reuters US Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday demanded Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to an immediate six-week ceasefire while forcefully urging Israel to do more to boost aid deliveries into Gaza, where she said innocent people were suffering a “humanitarian catastrophe.” In some of the strongest comments […]