India Stampede May Have Killed 300 Pilgrims

From: ABC: Stampede kills hundreds of Indian pilgrims

At least 300 Hindu pilgrims were killed and 200 wounded in a stampede near a temple in western India on Tuesday, police said.

Authorities said more than 150,000 pilgrims were on a pilgrimage to the popular Mandher Devi temple, situated on a hill near Wai, about 260 km south-east of Bombay.

Witnesses said they had seen smoke rising from the area where the stampede took place.

Local television quoted Maharashtra state chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh as saying the stampede on the narrow winding path to the top of the hill was probably triggered by a fire caused by a short-circuit in an overhead power cable.

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