PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Several people were feared dead and many more injured in a stampede early Wednesday as tens of thousands of Hindus rushed to take ritual baths in sacred rivers at the massive Maha Kumbh festival in northern India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the incident “extremely sad” and extended his condolences without specifying how many had died. “My deepest condolences to the devotees who have lost their loved ones. Along with this, I wish for the speedy recovery of all the injured,” Modi said in a post on social platform X.
Several pilgrims were injured, some seriously, in the stampede between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. as they
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