STORY: 6 dead, over 25 seriously injured in south India stampede
SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2025
DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2025
LENGTH: 00:00:45
LOCATION: New Delhi
CATEGORY: OTHERS

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1. various of the crowd of people

STORYLINE:

At least six people, including four women died, more than 25 were seriously injured, and nearly 70 others received simple injuries when a stampede occurred at the religious town of Tirupati in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh late on Wednesday night, confirmed a local official over phone on Thursday.

The tragedy struck when nearly 4,000 people had gathered to collect tokens for offering prayers at the famous Tirumala temple on the auspicious occasion "Vaikuntha Ekadashi" on Friday.

"The Tirumala temple is situated atop a hill. The stampede occurred in Tirupati town down the hill where thousands of people had gathered to collect tokens for offering prayers at the temple on Friday which marks the special and auspicious occasion called Vaikuntha Ekadashi," said the local official.

Those who were seriously injured were rushed to a local government hospital for immediate medical treatment.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi.
(XHTV)