Stampede kills 145 in India

INDIA: At least 145 people, mostly women and children, were crushed to death under the feet of thousands of pilgrims in a stampede at a temple in northern India on Sunday, police said.

“We have confirmation now that 145 people have been killed,” Daljit Singh Manhas, a senior police officer told Reuters by telephone. Iron railings leading to a Hindu temple in the state of Himachal Pradesh broke, causing the stampede, senior police officers said.

Reuters