At least 89 killed in stampede at Indian Hindu temple

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By Girish Sharma BHOPAL, India (Reuters) - A stampede at a bridge leading to a remote Hindu temple in central India on Sunday killed at least 89 people and injured more than 100, police said. Nearly 150,000 devotees gathered to celebrate the holy festival of Dussehra at the Ratangarh temple, in a forest outside the town of Datia, 390 km (240 miles) north of the Madhya Pradesh state capital, Bhopal. But pilgrims panicked when the railings broke on a bridge that led to the temple, triggering the stampede. ...

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