Dozens killed in India’s Kumbh festival stampede

PRAYAGRAJ, India,  (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India yesterday, police sources and a Reuters witness said, as tens of millions gathered to take a dip in sacred river waters on the most auspicious day of a six-week Hindu festival.

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