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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)


Death toll in India temple stampede rises to 109

Death toll in India temple stampede rises to 109

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...