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A stampede at a chariot festival in the eastern Indian town of Puri has left at least two people dead and 15 others injured. Police struggled to
A stampede at a chariot festival in the eastern Indian town of Puri has left at least two people dead and 15 others injured.
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Police struggled to control the tens of thousands of devotees present.
At least 2 dead in #stampede at #RathYatraPuri: Reports http://t.co/2Ua7Xsa9og pic.twitter.com/wsZQpWQJY1
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) 18 Juillet 2015
It was the second deadly stampede at an Indian Hindu festival in less than a week.
On Tuesday, 27 people were killed and 40 injured in a stampede in Andhra Pradesh in southern India.