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Indian police and bystanders gather on a bridge where Hindu devotees were crushed in a stampede outside the Ratangarh Temple at Datia district in central Madhya Pradesh state on October 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 14, 2013 | World
New Delhi, Associated Press—Pilgrims visiting a temple for a popular Hindu festival in India stampeded on fears a bridge would collapse, and at least 109 people were crushed to death or died in the river below, officials said Monday. Scores more were injured, and some...